Example Sentences

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A jury on Wednesday awarded their parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander, and their surviving brother $176 million in wrongful death and emotional distress damages after an eight-week civil trial.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Some of the last remaining surviving UK veterans are commemorating the anniversary of D-Day, 82 years since the allied invasion of northern France in World War Two.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Dubbed Don Colossus, the statue depicts the president on that fateful afternoon in Butler, Pennsylvania, moments after surviving what would turn out to be the first of many attempts on his life.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

We do know that Brunelleschi, in his search for new architectural forms, had made a study of the surviving classical buildings in ancient Rome, a study which involved taking measurements and drawing plans and elevations.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton