alive

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As such, the book serves as a buoyant yearbook for the Jazz Age and is alive with the slogans, social rituals, events and scandals that had so recently captivated America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

He’s still working a missing persons case of his own, looking for his sister, hopefully alive, somewhere on the planet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Hundreds of years later, when Wyck and Patricia dig up his coffin, they find him inside, very much alive but lacking sufficient answers.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

She said staff had done "everything they can" since taking over the site to keep it alive.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

But afternoon is when the student body comes alive.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold