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All of the teams had time to innovate, polish, and build something that injects fresh air into a storied franchise that many thought was on its deathbed after a rough few years.
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Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Even on its deathbed, the election interference case — which Mr. Smith laid out in great detail in a filing to Judge Chutkan just last month — will probably have repercussions for decades to come.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Charles Gunther — the confectioner and collector who also brought Abraham Lincoln’s deathbed to the museum — acquired an 18th-century dress allegedly owned by Queen Caroline of England.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
My grandmother understood the weight of this privilege and, on her deathbed, completed an absentee ballot in New York State.
—Earl Carr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Even on its deathbed, the election interference case — which Mr. Smith laid out in great detail in a filing to Judge Chutkan just last month — will probably have repercussions for decades to come.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Charles Gunther — the confectioner and collector who also brought Abraham Lincoln’s deathbed to the museum — acquired an 18th-century dress allegedly owned by Queen Caroline of England.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
My grandmother understood the weight of this privilege and, on her deathbed, completed an absentee ballot in New York State.
—Earl Carr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Deathbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deathbed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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deathbed
noun
death·bed
-ˌbed 
1
: the bed in which a person dies
2
: the last hours of life
Medical Definition
deathbed
noun
death·bed
ˈdeth-ˌbed
1
: the bed in which a person dies
2
: the last hours of life
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