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As these wild females die out, the population drops, and the fly is ultimately eliminated.—Adeola Adeosun
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025 Eradicating the disease is possible through a technique in which male screwworm flies are sterilized and then released into the environment to mate with females until the population dies out.—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 12 May 2025 As soon as hot weather sets in, chickweed begins to slow its growth, often dying out by midsummer, but don’t think the battle is won.—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025 Once common across the U.S. Southeast, red wolves began dying out because of habitat loss and predator-control programs that targeted the animal for elimination.—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for die out
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