Example Sentences

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Mr. Ives said Lyft failing to invest in food delivery was a “massive strategic mistake,” as was remaining a domestic brand.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Musk, the world’s richest person, tweeted this week that he was remaining at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters around the clock until he fixed the company’s problems.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022

“Hospital staff believed all that was remaining was trimmed fat to be discarded,” read an internal report on the incident.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022

Medical supplies in Afghanistan will run out in a few days after Thursday’s terror attack used up much of what was remaining, accelerating the country’s humanitarian crisis, a World Health Organization official said Friday.

From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2021

I knew this was a tactic: she was remaining silent so that I would become so uncomfortable that I had to say something, even if I didn’t really want to.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins