Example Sentences

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Butyagin told Russian media last year he was "simply doing the work we've devoted our lives to", and that his main goal was preserving monuments.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

The organ owed its vitality to this machine, which was preserving it for transplantation into a needy patient.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024

In a statement, a DCG spokesperson called Winklevoss' allegations "malicious, false and defamatory" and said the company was "preserving all legal remedies in response."

From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2023

The insurgents’ leadership issued a statement saying the only Taliban aim in the city was preserving order and safety — but ordinary people spoke only of their fear.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2021

But was preserving the United States worth the deaths of so many, so young?

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock