as in suicides
the suffering and death of a martyr
He suffered martyrdom for his religious beliefs.
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On average, those states saw a 146% increase in calls and an 18% reduction in suicides versus projections over the study period, while states with the smallest call-volume increase, an average of 24%, saw suicide rates fall nearly 11%.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
22 Apr. 2026 -
The vast majority of adult victims of intimate partner murder-suicides – 95% – are women.—
Kathryn Spearman,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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Last year was the deadliest for civilians since 2022, the start of the full-scale war, with more than 2,500 fatalities, up thirty-one per cent from the previous year, despite Moscow’s insistence that the Russian Army does not target civilians.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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One-third of all motorcycle fatalities involve impaired riders.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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But beyond its account of a family in flight, from both the authorities and its own murkier truths, Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young interrogates the radicalism of the 1960s and 70s, its unlikely alliances, its political legacies, and its many, many casualties along the way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Israel’s military said one of its soldiers was killed in battle there Thursday, raising the troop casualties to 17 since the Iran war started.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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