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as in to die
to stop living
12 people perished in the plane crash
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as in to decompose
chiefly British
to go through decomposition
after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out
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Recent Examples of perish
But because of swift responses from private organizations such as Samaritan’s Purse, Aerial Recovery, Happy Helicopters, and Baptists on Mission, vulnerable hurricane survivors in remote areas have been rescued who would otherwise have almost certainly perished.
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Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
That’s how many people safety experts fear will perish in traffic crashes this Thanksgiving weekend nationwide.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Children as young as 1 found dead The CBP data showed that the majority of those dying along the border were adults age between 21 and 45, but the graph above shows the vast spectrum of ages of those perishing.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
More than 300 climbers have perished while trying to climb Mount Everest.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
That’s how many people safety experts fear will perish in traffic crashes this Thanksgiving weekend nationwide.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Children as young as 1 found dead The CBP data showed that the majority of those dying along the border were adults age between 21 and 45, but the graph above shows the vast spectrum of ages of those perishing.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
More than 300 climbers have perished while trying to climb Mount Everest.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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Two members of the Secret Service died in the attacks.Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Four of them died from complications which were found to be related to a bacteria called pseudomonas aeruginosa.David Cox, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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Food that ends up in landfills decomposes anaerobically and gives off methane–which over the 20 years after its release is more than 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming our climate.Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, aluminum doesn't decompose in landfills, contributing to long-term environmental pollution.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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Cover plants with burlap, blankets, or horticultural fleece if temperatures are predicted to fall below -10°F.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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During Hurricane Milton, 30 water mains in St. Petersburg, Florida, broke, mainly due to falling trees.Micheline Maynard, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Wanting to prove that the substance was a byproduct of disintegrating chloramines, Wahman looked for it in drinking water systems across the US that used the chemical and compared it with systems in Switzerland that didn’t.Jen Christensen, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Unlike wooden garden furniture, plastic furniture would not rot, and unlike a glass bottle, plastic bottles would not shatter.David Carlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Brooklinen Flannel Core Sheet Set $199 $149 Brooklinen Know someone who enjoys bed rotting in full fleece-y comfort?Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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What doesn’t decay this winter can be mulched up next spring.Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2022
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In particular, many theorists have wondered how the great complexity of life can be reconciled with the laws of thermodynamics that suggest that all systems must inevitably decay to a state of greatest disorder.The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
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“Perish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perish. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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