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Recent Examples of sudden death
Students also explore themes of madness, mayhem and sudden death in 19th century Gothic and 20th century Southern Gothic short stories.
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Molly Ryder Granatino, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2025
Before that, Abbie is being ruthlessly scrutinized and controlled by her parents, while Leila’s mother has mostly checked out after her elder daughter’s sudden death.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
In more serious cases, infected people may experience digestive problems such as an enlarged esophagus or colon, an enlarged heart or even sudden death, according to the CDC.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Jan became foreign minister at the end of World War II, until his sudden death in 1948.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
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Molly Ryder Granatino, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2025
Before that, Abbie is being ruthlessly scrutinized and controlled by her parents, while Leila’s mother has mostly checked out after her elder daughter’s sudden death.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
In more serious cases, infected people may experience digestive problems such as an enlarged esophagus or colon, an enlarged heart or even sudden death, according to the CDC.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Jan became foreign minister at the end of World War II, until his sudden death in 1948.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sudden death
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In recent seasons, the rivalry has been a dead heat, with each program claiming two victories in the last fourmeetings.—
Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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As of today the Red Sox and Tigers have the same record, so if Detroit loses its series to Cleveland and falls out of first place in the AL Central, the two clubs could conceivably be in a dead heat for one of the last Wild Card spots.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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The special primary and runoff election dates coincide with the regular primary and runoff election dates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Oct. 2025
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As a result, the lagoon is a few feet higher than sea level and filled with freshwater from rain and irrigation runoff.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Ross passed the day's examination with flying colors, barely flinching at the rubber chicken.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Max Verstappen set the early time to beat on hard tyres before Hamilton briefly went quickest as the track started to evolve and rubber started getting put down by the cars.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The victory gave Navy (5-0) a leg up in holding on to the Commander-in-Chief's trophy, awarded to the winner of the round-robin between the Navy, Air Force and Army service academies.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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According to a press release, the event, scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2026, will feature three teams of eight players competing in a round-robin tournament, with the top two teams advancing to a championship match.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Spain international produced one particularly outstanding save to deny a volley from Daniel Podence.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Though the two actors have a kind of slacker ease in the nonsensical volleys, this lower temperature approach too often misses the work’s humor, horror and emotional resonance.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Sudden death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudden%20death. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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