preserve

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At the court hearing in February, Tinsley established that Tamasi’s job was to collect and preserve all salient evidence for police investigations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Both 72, they call the event Los Tradicionales — “the traditional ones” — because their goal is to help preserve Cuba’s rich dance heritage, from rumba to timba to casino, an ancestor of salsa.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

But a police lawyer said the sole reason was to preserve public order.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Their supergenes help preserve the specific adaptations needed for those conditions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The two of them had given everything over to this effort, sacrificing their own personal lives so that I could try to preserve some semblance of mine.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama