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Administrators said the sale had preserved 733 jobs - but that 484 jobs had been lost and 38 bars had closed after they were not included in the rescue deal.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The organization had preserved these cans over many years for quality control but eventually no longer needed them.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Some of Jobs’ personal items came from his stepbrother, John Chovanec, who had preserved them for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

Kevin had preserved enough savings to hire a private investigator, John Powers of Hudson Intelligence, to follow the financial trail.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025

The Tlingit had preserved in oral tradition an entirely recognizable and accurate account of their first, almost fully peaceable encounter with an alien culture.'

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan