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Re:Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division by rs186 on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:29AM (#45731953)
The same difference as in "He died of heart attack" and "She was killed in a car crash".
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Re:Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division by Sharlin on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:41AM (#45732090)
Or one of my favorites, "was hit by a car". While true in the strict physical sense, that’s like reporting that someone was "shot by a gun".
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Re:Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division by isleyaardvark on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @09:24AM (#45732579)
"killed by an officer's duty weapon" or "died in an officer-involved shooting" are the ways police departments tend to put it.
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Re:Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division by jalapenos on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:58AM (#45732255)
Maybe it's an effort to be more polite than "by some prick who can't drive".

I suppose there's at least one example of someone being hit by a car that slipped off a car transporter too. "Had car thrown at him by negligent shipping company" would be a more click worthy headline though

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Re:Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division by jalapenos on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:49AM (#45732162)
Fox news spin: "his heart murdered him, as we all know all hearts secretly want to do to all of us".
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