remnants
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But Representative Mike Lawler, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the administration has managed to "force the remnants of this regime into a negotiation, a real negotiation".
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Inside the long-shuttered St. Vincent Medical Center on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles, bulletin boards, furniture and other remnants of a once active hospital remain, frozen in time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Vestiges of that era are still present: Charred remnants of Iraqi tanks and antiaircraft guns litter Failaka Island off the coast of Kuwait City.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
One example lies off Baja California, where remnants of the ancient Farallon plate remain as fossil microplates.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
My feet nudge aside the vigil remnants, giving me more room to work.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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