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Recent Examples of sudden death
The Vivienne’s ex-husband David Paul Ludford is reflecting on their time together following the news of their sudden death.
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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The outpouring of support for Aubrey Plaza following the sudden death of her husband Jeff Baena continues to roll in.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Shortly before leaving office, however, MacKay stepped in as governor after Chiles’ sudden death on Dec. 12, 1998.
—Dara Kam, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Once a successful social worker, Nuala suffered a mental breakdown after the sudden death of her own mother.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors
The outpouring of support for Aubrey Plaza following the sudden death of her husband Jeff Baena continues to roll in.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Shortly before leaving office, however, MacKay stepped in as governor after Chiles’ sudden death on Dec. 12, 1998.
—Dara Kam, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Once a successful social worker, Nuala suffered a mental breakdown after the sudden death of her own mother.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sudden death
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This means that the characterization provided by most pollsters, that the contest was a dead heat, were driven by factors that were largely irrelevant.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Polling has showed the race in a dead heat in Nevada, but also in six other swing states.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Nov. 2024
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The special election, which will feature seven candidates on the ballot, will take place on April 8, but unless one candidate receives a majority of the votes, the two highest vote-getters will advance to a runoff.—
Devan Patel,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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But if no one wins a majority outright, the top two vote-getters will move on to a runoff set for July 1.—
Emily Alvarenga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Kalinskaya represented her native country at the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup, winning the doubles rubber with her partner Anna Blinkova and thus helping Russia make it into the finals.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
26 Jan. 2025
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And that ultimately is where the rubber meets the road.—
Dave Altavilla,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The tournament is a round-robin tournament, and each team will play three games.—
Ryan Canfield,
Fox News,
14 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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Never one to hide her emotions, Sabalenka kicked a ball after netting a volley and dropped her racket after missing an overhead.—
Howard Fendrich,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Some of the crowd booed after Djokovic netted a forehand volley on set point and then walked to the net to shake hands with Zverev.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Sudden death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudden%20death. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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