Example Sentences
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While firefighters were able to reach Paul and Sheila inside the Mohican Road home, the couple succumbed to smoke inhalation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
This is what it feels like to live in a society that has succumbed to what the late psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton described as “malignant normality.”
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
"The person concerned, a compatriot aged 28, unfortunately succumbed to the disease before the diagnosis was confirmed," the spokesman added.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
As one of the nation’s largest ultralow-cost carriers succumbed to rising fuel costs and an insurmountable debt load, the immediate reaction was to ask what went wrong with the budget-airline model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Four days ago, one of the king’s own squires had succumbed to cold and hunger, a boy named Bryen Farring who’d been kin to Ser Godry.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
