stay alive

Example Sentences

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Vitamin B2 is essential for human health, but new research suggests it may also help cancer cells stay alive.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Cal McMau’s feature directorial debut hardly reinvents the formula, but it does remind audiences what remains so sturdy about the premise of an ordinary man trying to stay alive behind bars.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Dressel said he isn’t looking to get hundreds of millions of dollars, but enough to stay alive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

"Their number one priority is to stay alive and to avoid capture," Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior fellow and the director of military analysis at think tank Defense Priorities, told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“I don’t think I will be. I’ve got so many people who have been involved with me in close, intimate ways. And love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.”

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom