near-death experience

noun

: an occurrence in which a person comes very close to dying and has memories of a spiritual experience (such as meeting dead friends and family members or seeing a white light) during the time when death was near

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Joy Behar is reflecting on how a near-death experience changed her life forever. —

EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025 The doctor operated on Foxx in what the actor says was a near-death experience. —

Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024 There is no death, there isn’t even a near-death experience for the Mag 7 — individually Apple , Alphabet, Amazon , Meta Platforms , Microsoft , Nvidia, and Tesla . —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024 However, their past looms large, with the return of the unpredictable Unique (Joey Bada$$), who has survived his near-death experience and is now seeking vengeance. —

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