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Recent Examples of nonfatal
The Colorado Springs Police Department followed closely behind Denver each year with five shootings, three fatal and two nonfatal, in 2023 and four shootings, three fatal and one nonfatal, in 2024, according to Denver Post records.
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
But behind those are people who suffer from nonfatal overdose, and behind those are the people who suffer from addiction.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Last week, police responded separately to a fatal shooting at an East Oakland camp and a nonfatal shooting near a large encampment in San Jose.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2025
But even with homicides down 20% last year, officials have struggled to explain the reason for that decrease, or the reason that nonfatal shootings and violence overall continues to be on the rise.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
But behind those are people who suffer from nonfatal overdose, and behind those are the people who suffer from addiction.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Last week, police responded separately to a fatal shooting at an East Oakland camp and a nonfatal shooting near a large encampment in San Jose.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2025
But even with homicides down 20% last year, officials have struggled to explain the reason for that decrease, or the reason that nonfatal shootings and violence overall continues to be on the rise.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonfatal
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Kennedy’s largest focus of late has been on noninfectious diseases such as diabetes and cancer and their risk factors such as obesity.—
ByJocelyn Kaiser,
science.org,
15 Nov. 2024
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However, several types of infectious and noninfectious meningitis don’t spread from person to person.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
18 Jan. 2025
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As part of this, Europe must provide the overwhelming share of future lethal and nonlethal aid to Ukraine. Not unreasonable, although, in fact, Europe has provided almost as much military aid to Ukraine as has the United States, and more humanitarian aid.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Some American bishops declared that execution was wrong if nonlethal alternatives—such as life without parole—were available.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Advocates say there are ways around the issue by carefully sourcing nonpoisonous trees that are grown organically and not sprayed with fire retardant.—
Charles Passy,
WSJ,
27 Dec. 2020
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This will give them a chance to exercise this innate behavior with a safe source of nonpoisonous plant life.—
David Shultz,
Science | AAAS,
8 Aug. 2019
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Kjaer Weis, the pioneering nontoxic makeup brand founded more than a decade ago, is losing its founder.—
James Manso,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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This non-stick ceramic frying pan features a nontoxic ceramic coating, perfect for sliding eggs off the pan, sauteing veggies, flipping pancakes and more.—
Nora Colomer,
Fox News,
8 Jan. 2025
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In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.—
Charina Chou,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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If the clog remains, use a biodegradable, noncorrosive pipe cleaner, or a household cleaner like hydrogen peroxide, to flush out the drain.—
Jessica Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 July 2023
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The nondestructive technology resulted in thousands of X-rays of the mummies and their coffins.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
9 Nov. 2024
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Smart Objects make for nondestructive, reusable raster and vector images that update throughout your project.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
12 Nov. 2024
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The two central characters, a mild bespectacled middle-school geek named Hal and his hateful abusive bully of a twin brother, Bill (both are played by Christian Convery), discover the monkey sealed away in a round box.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Before using the container, sanitize it with mild dish soap and water or rubbing alcohol.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Nonfatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfatal. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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