death sentence
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"Back then a diagnosis of inflammatory triple negative breast cancer was like being handed a death sentence," Lynette said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Her doctor insists that the surgery cannot wait, but putting her ambitions on hold means losing a part of herself — a different kind of death sentence than the one she’s now facing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The report offered a sign that artificial intelligence might not be the death sentence for software that it’s been feared by some to be.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
"To put it plainly -- it is a death sentence for us if larger nations continue to open new fossil fuel projects," he said in 2024.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
An idea embraced by Bishop Étienne Tempier in the thirteenth century and Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa in the fifteenth century could mean a death sentence in the sixteenth century.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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