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Former San Francisco 49ers defensive star Aldon Smith’s brain will be donated to a research center in Boston, where medical experts will investigate whether CTE or repetitive brain injuries played a part in his sudden death at 36, lawyers for Smith’s family said Tuesday.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
The family of former NFL star Aldon Smith is donating his brain to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries following his sudden death at age 36.
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CBS News,
16 June 2026
The second season, which débuted late last month, is set in the aftermath of one character’s sudden death.
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Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Dodds had plans to continue his creative ventures, right up to his sudden death this week, King said.
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Kendrick Calfee
june 11,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
The family of former NFL star Aldon Smith is donating his brain to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries following his sudden death at age 36.
—
CBS News,
16 June 2026
The second season, which débuted late last month, is set in the aftermath of one character’s sudden death.
—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Dodds had plans to continue his creative ventures, right up to his sudden death this week, King said.
—
Kendrick Calfee
june 11,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sudden death
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By then the Gallup poll had us in a dead heat.
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The 18th triple dead heat in modern thoroughbred history takes place in the ninth race at Arlington International Racecourse.
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The State Department on Tuesday congratulated conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori after she was declared the winner of Peru’s presidential runoff election by a razor-thin margin.
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Hypoxia in the Long Island Sound, which usually occurs in the summer, is when bottom water oxygen levels fall to a critical low percentage due to nitrogen from water runoff and backyard fertilizer use.
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The lightweight frames have rubber temple grips and adjustable nose pads.
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Next, the instructor tries luring the child back into the pool with a sparkly pink rubber duck, which does the trick.
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To accommodate the 15-team format but not place a burden on the teams heading soon after to the NCAA Tournament, the league trimmed its regular-season schedule from 20 matches to a true round-robin of 17.
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The early-season tournament will see the Yellow Jackets face Cincinnati, Illinois and Tennessee in a round-robin format.
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Deep inside Uzbekistan's penalty area, Ronaldo struck a powerful right-footed volley into the net.
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Lopes notably threw himself in front of a Mikel Oyarzabal volley with just moments to go, a prime example of the back-four’s commitment to defending their goal.
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“Sudden death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudden%20death. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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