orphan

Eli Lilly’s experimental cancer treatment, olomorasib, receives orphan drug designation from the Food and Drug Administration.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Why, then, is the orphan IG’s future in doubt, even as the President cheers its work?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Astronomers describe it as an apparent "orphan" because it sits unusually far from the galactic core, where supermassive black holes are normally found.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

Hottle played a young orphan named Jia in the monster film series, and reprised the role in the 2024 sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“It is partly a charity-school: you and I, and all the rest of us, are charity-children. I suppose you are an orphan: are not either your father or your mother dead?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The two unacquainted orphans sign up, conscious that they have inherited the larceny gene and, unconsciously perhaps, craving a family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

A group of orphans was repatriated in 2019, and another 17 women and children were brought back in 2022.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Being raised by another sea otter rather than a human gives Sunny — like other orphans — the best chance of learning essential skills, he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Opened in 1873, the privately operated detention facility housed petty delinquents and orphans, said Marc Schindler, a professor at Georgetown who leads the project.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

“Because you haven’t cleaned up yet,” he said to the orphans, “I suppose you can be excused from attending tonight’s performance. But after cleaning up, you are to go straight to your beds.”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Candidates could consider moderating their message to attract orphaned voters, though that can be perilous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Greek army was orphaned, without provisions or protection, a very long way from home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

In 1995, Keith starred in Next Of Kin as Maggie Prentice, a grandmother who made no secret of disliking her orphaned grandchildren when taking them in after the death of her estranged son.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Founded in 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife is renowned for its care of orphaned elephants and rhinos, rescuing and reintegrating them into the wild.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

“An entire new generation of refugees. An entire new generation of orphaned children. Too much trauma. Far too many tragedies. And for what?”

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Within these confines, COVID-19 advanced without mercy: orphaning children, killing breadwinners and shattering families.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022

“The biggest fear around spring bear season is the orphaning of cubs, that’s a very emotional argument. Even as a hunter, my worse fear would be to take a sow. Especially in a spring season.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2021

In Texas, Lydia Rodriguez, 42, died this month of covid-19, two weeks after her husband Lawrence’s death from the same disease, orphaning their four children.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2021

Her husband succumbed to the virus as well, orphaning their newborn.

From Fox News ● Aug. 10, 2020

It was therefore a sore disappointment when they learned that death had robbed them of the dear old people, orphaning them a second time.

From Mildred's New Daughter by Martha Finley