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[liv] / lɪv /








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The icon's remote location - in a field miles from any of Poland's population centres - is largely due to it being commissioned by a millionaire couple who live locally.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

John Adams became the first president to live in the still-unfinished building when he moved in the following year.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

The real reason is that the world is learning to live without using as much oil as it used to.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

Triple-A manager Ben Johnson saw the first two homers live with some of his players before heading out to the field for batting practice.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

I was working part-time in an old people’s nursing home just down the road from where we live.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Experts later determined she suffered from severe anemia; blood clots in both wings and one kidney; liver and lung abnormalities; and inadequate bone marrow response.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

In June, Australia's government reported six cases of acute liver injury linked to products labelled Retatrutide.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

More than 2.4 million people today live with hepatitis C, a viral infection that primarily affects the liver and can ultimately destroy it.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Most C3 is made in the liver and released into the bloodstream, where it helps the immune system defend the body against infections.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

If I were informed tomorrow that I was in direct communication with my liver, and could now take over, I would become deeply depressed.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

But Cult is assaying the livest of stories.

From Time Sep. 5, 2017

Her late-night calls to reporters once made her phone line the livest wire in Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since most Britons fear they may go cold next winter, the coal problem is the livest issue in Britain today.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was just about the livest and jumpin'est opera yet turned out by a young composer in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then list to me, and thou shalt never want For bit or sup, kirtel, or farthingale, As long thou livest.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III by M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)

They aren’t living drab or depressing lives when the Guardians of the Universe activate them — they’re faring pretty well, all things considered.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Her father, Bill Huddleston, oversaw the farming of cattle, hay, tobacco and other crops, and built the home where her mother still lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Amphibians generally do not travel long distances during their lives, and they are highly sensitive to changes in their surroundings.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

“I moved in 2013 to California to train full time and play beach volleyball full time,” Schalk said, who along with Rodriguez lives in Gardena.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

If they’d never taken me in, they’d still be here, living their lives in safety.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

For anyone who lived through eight years of Bush and saw Ferrell’s impression of him on “Saturday Night Live,” the real star’s identity is obvious.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Researchers at La Brea Tar Pits have identified a previously unknown amphibian that lived in Ice Age Los Angeles.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

He could be the next success story from Nigeria, where he was born and lived until coming to the area as a freshman while living with a host family, the Franklins.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

In California, if a homeowner had lived in a property for decades, their property-tax increases were limited to 2% per year under Proposition 13.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

We lived for summer because Tansy was home to do most of the cooking for us.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

They aren’t living drab or depressing lives when the Guardians of the Universe activate them — they’re faring pretty well, all things considered.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Their closest living populations are now nearly 2,500 km away in southern Mexico, indicating that the species once occupied a dramatically different geographic range.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

He could be the next success story from Nigeria, where he was born and lived until coming to the area as a freshman while living with a host family, the Franklins.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Last time around, Walmart said people were putting less gas in their tanks as they tried to manage higher costs of living.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

I avoided the eyes of the guards along the route, guilty as a well-trained dog discovered on the living room sofa.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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