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Recent Examples of sudden death
Once a successful social worker, Nuala suffered a mental breakdown after the sudden death of her own mother.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
Family, friends and educators have spent the past few days reeling over the sudden death of 15-year-old Jaylen Reeves who was stabbed early Saturday morning in Ahwatukee after getting into a fight with another group of minors.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
Continue reading … ‘ONE IN A TRILLION’ – TV station shares cause of beloved 28-year-old anchor's sudden death.
—Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
For example, the NIH reports that arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy—caused by gene mutations—usually affects teens or young adults and is the most common cause of sudden death in young people and in athletes.
—Elizabeth Millard, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
Family, friends and educators have spent the past few days reeling over the sudden death of 15-year-old Jaylen Reeves who was stabbed early Saturday morning in Ahwatukee after getting into a fight with another group of minors.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
Continue reading … ‘ONE IN A TRILLION’ – TV station shares cause of beloved 28-year-old anchor's sudden death.
—Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
For example, the NIH reports that arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy—caused by gene mutations—usually affects teens or young adults and is the most common cause of sudden death in young people and in athletes.
—Elizabeth Millard, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sudden death
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Flashback: Biden wins all 5 votes in Dixville Notch after township's midnight election Go deeper Mapped: Harris-Trump locked in dead heat race Vice President Harris and former President Trump were locked in a dead heat during the presidential race's final weeks, with polls closing Tuesday night.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are in a dead heat in the state that Joe Biden won in 2020 by just over 80,000 votes.Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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The agricultural industry leverages trees as a way to buffer waterways and underground water supplies from their crops’ chemical pollutant runoff.Dan Lambe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Hochuli also noted that the game clock needed to be reset and there was a 10-second runoff.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
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Remove anything from the area under your sink, put on a pair of rubber gloves and place something under the drain to catch anything that might spill out.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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The soft rubber organizing slats hold snowboards, alpine skis, Nordic skis, or any combination of snow gear, making this contraption a great alternative to leaning gear against the car’s paint or laying it on a rocky, grimy parking lot surface.Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
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In fact, the back-to-back quarterfinal defeats is a first for Canada since the tournament moved away from its early days round-robin format to its current iteration in 1995.Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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There would be groups, played on a round-robin, home-and-away basis, and then knockout play-offs, presumably culminating in some sort of final.Rory Smith, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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His thumping volley against Liverpool two days later, broadcast live on Sky’s Monday Night Football (that was still unusual then!), had to be seen to be believed.The Athletic UK Football Writers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Imagine programming a sequence like a deep forehand return, followed by a short backhand, two volleys and an overhead shot — all saved and ready for your next practice session.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Sudden death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudden%20death. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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