near-death experience
noun
: an occurrence in which a person comes very close to dying and has memories of a spiritual experience (such as meeting dead friends and family members or seeing a white light) during the time when death was near
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The movie finds Marcus rethinking his life perspective after a near-death experience, Mike worrying that his work puts loved ones in harm's way, and both detectives going on the run from the law after digging up police corruption.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
As a man who pays the price for standing up to his boss, another struggling to cope with his wife’s return from a near-death experience and a third eager to curry favor with the leaders of a cult, Plemons emerges alongside Stone as the film’s co-lead.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
Aside from a late-breaking and wildly mangled ability to be in multiple places at one, Cassie’s powers, which develop after a near-death experience, involve an ability to see the near future.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2024
Putin’s near-death experience amounts to a paradox for the United States and its allies.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2023
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
As a man who pays the price for standing up to his boss, another struggling to cope with his wife’s return from a near-death experience and a third eager to curry favor with the leaders of a cult, Plemons emerges alongside Stone as the film’s co-lead.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
Aside from a late-breaking and wildly mangled ability to be in multiple places at one, Cassie’s powers, which develop after a near-death experience, involve an ability to see the near future.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2024
Putin’s near-death experience amounts to a paradox for the United States and its allies.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2023
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“Near-death experience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/near-death%20experience. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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