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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

Iberia, too, had execution survivals that resolved in freedom for the executed.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2022

And still the open-field intermixture holds its ground all through the middle ages, and we find its survivals far into modern times.

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