alive
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"If that evacuation warning had come through in time, my father would still be alive," says Duncan Chard, who blames failures by officials on the day for a number of the deaths.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
When he reached his unit’s rear base, he knew he had made it out alive, after nearly 500 days on the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Parties exist to win elections, and on that score this donkey remains alive and kicking.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
All six specimens share a previously unknown amino acid variant – a tiny molecular signature, a single letter changed in the protein sequence, never seen in any other hominin alive or dead.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Just because I made that story come alive a little bit for them.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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