How to Use dead on arrival in a Sentence

dead on arrival

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  • All the while, a woman was brought in and was declared dead on arrival.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2024
  • And given its tepid reviews, the film seemed dead on arrival.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024
  • And even if passed, the McCarthy proposal is dead on arrival in the Senate.
    Erik Wasson, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The bill is dead on arrival given Democrats' control of the Senate and the White House's opposition to the measure.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Two died in the hospital and four were dead on arrival, the two medical workers said.
    Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Any bill the House passes is likely to be dead on arrival in the Senate, where Democrats hold the majority.
    Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Offending prospective customers is the best way to make your brand dead on arrival.
    Salvador Ordorica, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • The hard-right members of his party have already declared the measure dead on arrival.
    Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Two, described only as a male and a female, were dead on arrival, Nordwick said.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 25 May 2022
  • The phone is so good that any other Android phone within the price range of the Pixel A series is pretty much dead on arrival.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Seán Rooney, a member of the Irish battalion, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
    Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Many of the proposals will be dead on arrival in the Senate, which Democrats currently control.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Empty spectacles like Citadel and See were dead on arrival.
    TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
  • That bill, opposed by the White House and dead on arrival in the Senate, leaving Congress still deadlocked over how to fix a decade's long dilemma with no end in sight.
    ABC News, 14 May 2023
  • Despite knowing that this plan would be dead on arrival in the Senate, Johnson moved forward with it anyway.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The unidentified man, who officials believe to be in his 20s or 30s, was pronounced dead on arrival.
    Michelle Del Rey, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2022
  • She was transported to U of L Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Their numbers meant any push to veto Moore’s reappointment would have been dead on arrival, lacking 10 votes to push forward.
    David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
  • This bill will be dead on arrival in the Senate, McCarthy is hoping this will bring Biden to the negotiating table.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • This bill will be dead on arrival in the Senate, McCarthy is hoping this will bring Biden to the negotiating table.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The legislation is dead on arrival in the Senate, and President Biden has threatened to veto the measure.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Coming so late in the session, and from a Democrat, however, Kitchen’s repeal-and-replace is likely dead on arrival.
    Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Feb. 2022
  • He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead on arrival, police said.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Movies don't get much more catastrophic than 2017's The Mummy, which critics pronounced, ahem, dead on arrival.
    Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2022
  • No business can thrive without the profit of its consumers, but a business is dead on arrival when the company doesn’t even believe in itself.
    Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Unlike in season four, when the hopes for rekindled romance lingered, the relationship is dead on arrival here.
    Elizabeth Holmes, Town & Country, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Military funding now rests with finding a compromise between the House and Senate bills, because the House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 16 July 2023
  • She was taken to a local hospital in nearby Westfield, where she was pronounced dead on arrival at 4:59 p.m.
    Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2022
  • She was taken to a local hospital in nearby Westfield, where she was pronounced dead on arrival at 4:59 p.m.
    Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
  • In addition to the 28 living birds collected by Ziccardi’s team, 45 birds have come to experts dead on arrival.
    Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021

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