dying wish
noun
: the last thing a person wants before dying
It was her dying wish to see them married.
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Honoring a news’ legend’s last wish Bass carried out her friend Bishop’s dying wish — to have her ashes spread at Joe’s garden.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Her father, who was an outspoken critic of Chavismo, died last year of cancer and his dying wish had been to be able to return to his country one last time.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 13 Jan. 2026
In the spring of 2022, Canadian teenager Markus Schouten’s dying wish was that no child should be forced to choose between life and death.
—Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
After her mom, a trailblazer in the field of stop motion, becomes sick, Ella takes on her dying wish of completing one last movie — which slowly consumes her, blurring the lines between artist and art.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2025
Paju, South Korea — Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his political beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to return to North Korea and be buried alongside his comrades.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
The trailer also confirms that Conrad followed his late mother Susannah Fisher (Rachel Blanchard)'s dying wish of moving to the West Coast.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
October, 25 To honor Emma Crawford’s dying wish, her partner carried her coffin to the top of Red Mountain to lay her to the rest.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Outside Online, 4 July 2025
The combination of his upbringing in rural town Smallville and the dying wish of his Kryptonian parents to safeguard humanity forms Clark's firm ideals about bettering civilization.
—EW.com, 10 June 2025
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Her father, who was an outspoken critic of Chavismo, died last year of cancer and his dying wish had been to be able to return to his country one last time.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 13 Jan. 2026
In the spring of 2022, Canadian teenager Markus Schouten’s dying wish was that no child should be forced to choose between life and death.
—Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
After her mom, a trailblazer in the field of stop motion, becomes sick, Ella takes on her dying wish of completing one last movie — which slowly consumes her, blurring the lines between artist and art.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2025
Paju, South Korea — Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his political beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to return to North Korea and be buried alongside his comrades.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
The trailer also confirms that Conrad followed his late mother Susannah Fisher (Rachel Blanchard)'s dying wish of moving to the West Coast.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
October, 25 To honor Emma Crawford’s dying wish, her partner carried her coffin to the top of Red Mountain to lay her to the rest.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Outside Online, 4 July 2025
The combination of his upbringing in rural town Smallville and the dying wish of his Kryptonian parents to safeguard humanity forms Clark's firm ideals about bettering civilization.
—EW.com, 10 June 2025
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