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sane

[seyn] / seɪn /


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Those sailors who remain are trying to stay sane as their cell service fizzles in and out, compromising attempts to reach their family, employers and governments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

What kept them sane was talking among themselves about memories of their past lives, Rumyantsev recalled.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Lindsay Foreman says she is keeping sane by reading, doing laps of the prison yard and, when she can, practising yoga.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“This is the only thing keeping me sane right now,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

“How would it ever occur to a sane man that he could fly?”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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