dead
Example Sentences
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The ninth and final missing skier has been found dead in California's Lake Tahoe backcountry, five days after a powerful avalanche struck several guides and a tight-knit group of friends on a trip.
From BBC
“Wuthering Heights” knew what it was about, and Brontë, despite her lack of firsthand experience in love, had the scripts of normative femininity dead to rights with the book’s relentless conflation of love and torment.
From Salon
“His ability to put power into the ice when all the other top sprinters are dead is unbelievable to watch,” Dubreuil said.
“People are ignoring the fact that this young lady is dead,” he said.
From Salon
"This is where they buried their dead for 200 years," said Mayo.
From Barron's
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