more dead than alive
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As we descended the stairs, the museum suddenly looked more like what I was expecting: alien, more dead than alive, as the last stragglers waded into the Technicolor dreamscape Matisse had created with scissors.
From Newsweek • Feb. 10, 2015
None more so than John Hunter, who valued Byrne more dead than alive, and who was determined to get his prize, whatever the cost.
From The Guardian • May 28, 2012
Zollars says he was shocked to learn that his company "was worth more dead than alive" to certain bondholders who had purchased those swaps on YRC.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 29, 2010
Think of private-equity firms that close a factory — essentially deciding that the company is worth more dead than alive.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2010
We assembled in a field just beyond the train cars, those of us who survived, looking more dead than alive.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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