as in dying
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1
as in falling
to stop living
12 people perished in the plane crash
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2
as in rotting
chiefly British
to go through decomposition
after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out
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Estate Taxes The federal estate tax exclusion for decedents dying in 2025 will increase to $13,990,000 per person, or $27,980,000 per married couple.—
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Oh Il-nam (Oh Yeong-su), a dying old man who pretended to be Gi-hun’s ally in the game.—
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Then came the yacht’s renaissance by her father, who saw beauty and sailing prowess inside a rotting hull.—
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Rotting Flesh and the Skeleton Underneath Eggers wanted the audience almost to smell the rotting flesh when the sarcophagus is flipped open.—
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The murders in 2024 included eight killings involving white supremacists and five deaths at the hands of far-right anti-government extremists.—
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Heart failure is a condition that occurs when the heart can’t pump out enough blood and oxygen to meet the body’s needs — and related deaths have been climbing steadily for over two decades.—
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Clearly, this only constitutes a small blip as things stand and hardly a sign everything is falling apart.—
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The Sacramento Kings have made a major organizational move after their fourth straight loss falling them to a 13-18 record.—
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The It alum underwent yet another dramatic transformation for his latest role, including prosthetics to give him decaying skin, protruding cheekbones, and an altogether frightening look.—
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But in the city’s old neighborhoods, nothing seems to have changed apart from new street signs that have been posted incongruously on decaying buildings and market stalls.—
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Their ancient bones are in the process of disintegrating.—
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Except—and for me, the difference is crucial—Akhtar employed his creativity and imagination to shape these source materials into an utterly original work of art, whereas the rapidly disintegrating McNeal employs a chatbot, which shapes the material into an uncannily precise act of mimesis.—
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Horror films primed on increasingly gory demises have always trafficked in archetypes.—
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The giddily ludicrous demises, doled out at random, are meant to balance out the darker themes in the film.—
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Some investors also noted that Friday's large expiration of derivatives contracts tied to the stock market may have exacerbated the sell-off.—
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Inflation, rising housing costs,and the expiration of benefits are among the reasons for the increase.—
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“Perishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perishing. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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