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Recent Examples of sudden death
Set against a backdrop of vicious infighting between rival Scottish clans, the prequel began in wake of the sudden death of Ellen’s father, Red Jacob (Peter Mullan), who was the leader of Clan MacKenzie.
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
The failures documented by ProPublica left parents without answers in their baby’s sudden death and let clues vanish in the death of a woman whose family suspected foul play by her husband, a man later charged with killing his next wife.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
The warm and wet conditions that fueled crop growth also fostered fungal diseases such as tar spot, southern rust and northern blight in corn, and sudden death syndrome in soybeans.
—Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Musician Daniel Dumile, more commonly known by his stage name, MF Doom, co-founded Gas Drawls before his sudden death in 2020.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
The failures documented by ProPublica left parents without answers in their baby’s sudden death and let clues vanish in the death of a woman whose family suspected foul play by her husband, a man later charged with killing his next wife.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
The warm and wet conditions that fueled crop growth also fostered fungal diseases such as tar spot, southern rust and northern blight in corn, and sudden death syndrome in soybeans.
—Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Musician Daniel Dumile, more commonly known by his stage name, MF Doom, co-founded Gas Drawls before his sudden death in 2020.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sudden death
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Jack Ciattarelli and Sherrill are in a dead heat and the race will come down to who turns out their voters the best.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Wednesday’s poll comes after an Emerson College survey released last week showed the incumbent senator and attorney general locked in a dead heat.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
20 Aug. 2025
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Limiting runoff from pesticides and fertilizers often used on lawns can reduce saltwater intrusion in aquifers and contamination in waterways, Davidson said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Live Nation has now provided Bonnaroo a hefty budget for further improvements, like reseeding the property and reinforcing runoff pathways.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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The rubber sole, on the other hand, should help with traction and grip on rainy fall days when wet leaves turn walkways into slip-n-slides.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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According to the San Diego Zoo, most pygmy hippos living in American zoos have ancestry that ties back to Billy, a pygmy given to President Calvin Coolidge in 1927 from American tire mogul Harvey Firestone, who owned a rubber plantation in Liberia.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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In April, World Sevens held its first event in Estoril, Portugal, which featured two days of round-robin group play among eight teams followed by a single-day knockout tournament.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Think structured round-robins, rotating roles in meetings, or paired discussions before group sharing.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Sure didn’t look that way at the outset, and Sabalenka used a nifty drop-shot-volley-winner combination to help go up a break and grab a 4-2 lead.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Stamper told jurors Stines fired nine shots in multiple volleys.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Sudden death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudden%20death. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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