as in died
to stop living
he didn't pop off until the ripe old age of 102
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Verb
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Michael Brewer, one-half of Brewer & Shipley, has died.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024 -
In the early 1980s, five seniors died after drinking homemade eggnog at a New Jersey nursing home.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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One of the people who lost his job at NOAA in late February was working on models to better predict severe weather, like the storm that felled my tree.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
7 Mar. 2025
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The coalition will be under pressure to deliver results and avoid the infighting that has felled previous governments.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Of the 181 people onboard, 179 perished.—
Marisa Garcia,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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Most of the animals that perished were small birds, according to officials.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Jan. 2025
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