lethal
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Dahlia and Mark sort through the brutalizing, even lethal implications for asylum seekers and more than 1 million recipients of temporary protected status, or TPS.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
“Officers may not use lethal force against a dog to protect property including other animals,” the directive says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
Arnold spoke to Haaland after the final whistle and revealed: "I just said to him: 'You're one of the best number nines I've ever seen.' He's so strong, so quick and he's just lethal."
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
Southern Command “delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero,” Trump posted on social media, referring to the fugitive leader of Tren de Aragua, Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
I do not know its range at lethal setting, but I had not been far out of it, for I was doubled up like a baby with colic.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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