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

The buzz: Haiti outpossessed and outshot Scotland in its opening loss but it couldn’t score, leaving it needing at least a point here to keep its hopes of advancing alive.

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

But the chances of a collapse remain high, given the agreement leaves the harder discussions, such as the fate of Iran’s nuclear program, alive for at least the next 60 days.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Almost dead through starvation over that long, cold winter, she somehow stayed alive long enough to get me and the boys to the end of the war before she joined her husband.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler