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remain

[ri-mayn] / rɪˈmeɪn /


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He has been wooing CNN CEO Mark Thompson to remain at the network after the deal closes, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

“We remain laser focused on helping create more earnings for drivers and more affordable rides for riders.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I knew I may not achieve the fame my father has, but I did not think there would come a time when performing would not remain an option," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In a deeply reported article, Claudia Assis outlined the mechanics of the global refining market to explain why diesel prices remain stubbornly high and how that is affecting businesses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Tante Jans, Mama’s older sister, had moved in with us when her husband died to spend, as she put it, “what few days remain to me,” though she was still only in her early forties.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

More than 250 years later, it remains one of the world's best-known wedding destinations.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

That was higher than 4.1% the previous month but still at a historically low level that indicates the labor market remains generally healthy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Development and wildfires have destroyed swaths of the plants’ habitat, while climate change is threatening to make much of what remains inhospitable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"She is intubated, on a ventilator, and remains unconscious," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

That the wood looked suspiciously like the remains of a ruler Penelope had searched for in vain just the other day was a fact she chose to ignore.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Cox even predicted that Ford would soon drop to fourth place, but Hyundai-Kia's sales did not advance as much as estimated, so Ford remained in the number three spot.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

But witnesses said that Pike remained awake longer than expected and was later heard "loudly snoring" before an ambulance rushed her to a nearby hospital.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

When Turner bought his first bison in the late 1970s, perhaps only 30,000 of them remained in North America, a fraction of the tens of millions that once covered the Great Plains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pike remained critically ill and was being treated at a Nashville-area hospital.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

When the people you loved left, that love remained, floating around, desperate for a place to go.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

The fourth spot is allocated via a play-off between the winners of the remaining two leagues.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

At the copyediting stage, Bertha Krantz discovered many remaining inconsistencies in punctuation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the June primary election, Gibbs received 40.98% of the vote, Whitesides received 40.63%, and two other Democratic candidates collectively received the remaining 18.39%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Briton trails Antonelli by 66 points in the championship with either seven or eight races still remaining.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Which one is yours?” he asked me, looking between the two remaining ones in my hands.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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