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Recent Examples of victim Around 18 firefighter crews responded to the scene and searched for several hours for victims, while residents were evacuated from the area following the blast, El País reported. Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025 Police said the Cook County Medical Examiner would identify the victims and determine their respective cause of death. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025 Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch. Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Scammers who gain the victim's full Social Security number are often able to take the victim's funds and steal the victim's identity. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for victim
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Noun
  • Even so, as the volume of travel increases--Waymo is over 250,000 rides/week--some day there will be a fatality with fault attributable to a robocar.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The death was the 24th traffic fatality of the year on city streets.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Doing Your College Research Start by researching actual employment outcomes for specific programs at target schools.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Sagapolutele’s top targets have been UNLV senior transfer wide receiver Jacob De Jesus (17 catches, 141 yards, TD), sophomore tight end Mason Mini (13-99, 2 TDs) and senior wide receiver Trond Grizzell (11-175, TD).
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For Verlander, his latest quality start was possible due in part to a sacrifice from Dominic Smith, who sacrificed his body for an out.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • At which point Tyler re-enters the room and is given up by the terrified crowd (and, more importantly, anointed by Joan) as one of three people — including Bracken and one of the show’s dancers — who must make the film’s titular sacrifice to save the world from an imminent catastrophe.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • No casualties have been reported.
    George Petras, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For the new study, the scientists looked at something called the disaster database, a global list of disasters maintained by university researchers, to identify heat waves with significant casualties, economic losses and calls for international assistance.
    Julia Simon, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cats can become infected by ingesting raw meat or prey that carries the parasite.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • However, without strong safeguards, agentic systems can lead to loss of control, resulting in misinterpreted intent, falling prey to fraud, or exposing sensitive data.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Victim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victim. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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