Example Sentences

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One of the country's leading experts in homes for unmarried mothers has spent months piecing together surviving records about St Monica's, which was run by the Church of England.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

They awarded $176 million to the boys’ parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander, and a surviving brother.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Although archaeologists believe the original shipment may have contained even more pieces, the surviving collection of 43 helmets already represents the largest known hoard of medieval helmets ever found in the western Mediterranean.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

In the pandemic, a slide portrayed surviving startups as winged unicorns escaping a gulch—the “Valley of Coronavirus.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“VanQuish singlehandedly defeated the last surviving Night Brother. It was the biggest arrest in centuries.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston