In time, things can die, break off, or cause us to carry an extra burden around.

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But these biological things eventually die.

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This makes sense: in those areas with a high level of radiation, living things would tend to die or sicken and fail to reproduce.

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It would freshen things up without upsetting the die-hard fans.

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Bees die from all sorts of things, and especially from varroa mites.

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Things will stop and no one will ever die.

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"I'm a die-hard Republican, but I have to say this year things are going to be a little different for me, " said Remington, who is part of the town's tight-knit Russian Orthodox community.

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Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation i.e. companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time rather than doing too few things very well.

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And even Funny Or Die took time out to spoof the Royals when there are plenty of Americans who are doing stupid things and deserve to be made fun of.

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