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Yes, he owns planes, yes he owns missiles, but we have God with us and we'll achieve victory or death! urged a frantic broadcast Tuesday afternoon on the Voice of Free Libya, the rebels' Benghazi-based channel.
Libyan Rebels Flee Key Post, Retreat to Benghazi Yaroslav Trofimov 2011
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“This is death!” she yelled back, then she paused.
’Til Death Miasha 2010
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“It is death!” cried a voice, the vampire woman Delilah.
Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010
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“This is death!” she yelled back, then she paused.
’Til Death Miasha 2010
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“Katherine, you idiot, you just about scared me to death!” he hissed back.
Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009
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“Katherine, you idiot, you just about scared me to death!” he hissed back.
Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009
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“Katherine, you idiot, you just about scared me to death!” he hissed back.
Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009
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Patrick Henry, who ten years later will declare, Give me liberty or give me death! lists his objections in a furious speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, the colonial assembly.
10 Days: Benjamin Franklin David Colbert 2008
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From descriptions of his speaking style, it seems that he did not employ the flowers of rhetoric or theatrical effect when Patrick Henry had cried, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” he had underlined the last word by striking his chest.
America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002
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“This is a matter of life and death!” said Hannah.
Stillwater William F. Weld 2002
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