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Most existing Celtic objects—found in bogs and burial mounds—are durable works in stone, bone, glass, metal and terracotta with rare survivals in wood, leather and cloth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

And there is Van Gogh's At Eternity's Gate - one of the very rare survivals of his first printmaking campaign during which he produced six lithographs in November 1882.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025

So, a therapy specifically aimed at preserving high intratumour heterogeneity may make sense according to this theoretical approach, as it may slow cancer growth and thus lead to longer survivals.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

There’s also an ethical problem with pointing to previous survivals as evidence of future resilience.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2016

However this may be, our survivals arrange themselves with this single possible exception in the direction of freedom.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul