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Recent Examples of sudden death
The previous system was basically a modified sudden death system that gave each team at least one chance to score — with one big exception.
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Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
For the rest of us, sudden death felt like a mercy killing.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Following her mother’s sudden death, Riley gathered the tapes Lisa Marie had recorded and set out to fulfill her mother’s wish to finish the book.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
Austin Beutner, former Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent and a vocal Bass critic, withdrew from the race after the sudden death of his 22-year-old daughter.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
For the rest of us, sudden death felt like a mercy killing.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Following her mother’s sudden death, Riley gathered the tapes Lisa Marie had recorded and set out to fulfill her mother’s wish to finish the book.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
Austin Beutner, former Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent and a vocal Bass critic, withdrew from the race after the sudden death of his 22-year-old daughter.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sudden death
Noun
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As recently as Wednesday, Warsh and Hassett were in a near dead heat.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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That puts it in a dead heat with even more highly funded rival OpenAI, in a race to the public markets.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Primary runoff rules After voting within one primary party, the voter must stay in that primary party if a runoff occurs in the same year.—
Bella Monaco,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Excessive runoff may result in flooding of low-lying and flood-prone locations, including creeks and streams.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Gantzel noted that late last year, the city of La Mesa rolled out temporary rubber speed humps on Date Avenue as part of a pilot program aiming to slow traffic and improve neighborhood safety.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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In 1953, Asics, then still known as Onitsuka Tiger, issued the Marathon Tabi shoe, which was intended for full-length marathons and featured a canvas upper with a rubber sole.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In Friday’s round-robin game, Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson suggested that Canada’s Marc Kennedy broke the rules by touching the curling stone after it was released.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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Both teams are now 1-1 in the round-robin preliminary round with one game left to play.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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On Fritz's last match point, Shelton converted a volley to get back to deuce and went on to hold serve with a backhand volley into the open court with both players at the net.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Cupid will be on the prowl this Valentine's Day weekend, hunting down potential targets to unleash a volley of amorous arrows onto unsuspecting mortals.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Sudden death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudden%20death. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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