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Around 20 to 30 percent of those with a chronic infection of the disease may experience heart issues, including heart failure—even sudden death.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
His expertise in the Italian classics summons Nick into the orbit of a mafia don (Malkovich, playing his usual creepy villain and entirely behind a desk) and out of grief over the sudden death of his daughter and, hopefully, out of his spiritual complacency, too.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
The celebrity chef’s raw and darkly humorous memoir explores her family’s demise and reconstruction — through divorce, estrangements, a brother’s sudden death and another’s suicide.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The weight of managing her father’s sudden death alongside relentless touring led her to step away from tennis entirely for eight months.
—Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
His expertise in the Italian classics summons Nick into the orbit of a mafia don (Malkovich, playing his usual creepy villain and entirely behind a desk) and out of grief over the sudden death of his daughter and, hopefully, out of his spiritual complacency, too.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
The celebrity chef’s raw and darkly humorous memoir explores her family’s demise and reconstruction — through divorce, estrangements, a brother’s sudden death and another’s suicide.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The weight of managing her father’s sudden death alongside relentless touring led her to step away from tennis entirely for eight months.
—Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 31 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
Noun
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Our two Democratic senators both were taken to runoff elections while our Republican governor won an easy victory around the same time.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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But the Broncos will need permits for hazardous waste removal and likely for stormwater runoff at the construction site.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The procedure typically begins with local anesthesia and placement of a rubber dam to isolate the tooth.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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This new encounter at Wrestlepalooza will serve as the epic rubber match to their historic feud.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Researchers had 39 participants engage in a round-robin speed-dating experiment.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This is when fans can submit ticket applications for individual group-stage matches (the tournament’s opening round in which groups of teams face off round-robin–style before the teams with the best records advance to the single-elimination knockout-round bracket).—
Meredith Heil Bock,
AFAR Media,
8 Sep. 2025
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Footage of the game showed off its sleek new graphics, with a doubles match leaving Mario reeling to connect with a volley as his feet slip in realistic grass.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
12 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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“Sudden death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudden%20death. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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