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It is thought that dire wolves died out as their prey did.—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025 The dinosaurs died out, the arboreal mammals declined, and the terrestrial mammals thrived.—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025 Nature gave the world the dire wolf 2.6 million years ago, and then, through the hard hand of extinction, took it away—some 10,000 to 13,000 years ago when the last of the species died out.—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 Plants produce a basal rosette of downy foliage in their first year and flower in the second season, after which the plants typically die out.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for die out
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