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as in to stay
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
one of the three bridges known as "the London Bridge," it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
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as in to continue
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
the fact remains: it's still impossible to be in two places at once
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Recent Examples of remain
Carter will remain at the Capitol until Thursday morning, when he is transported to Washington National Cathedral for a state funeral.
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Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Amid this trend, Brandon Thor remains attentive to authentic human connection.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Cold weather overflow shelters remain open Cold weather overflow shelters will remain open through 10 a.m. Sunday as Middle Tennessee prepares to sink back into a deep freeze over the weekend.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
The Hilltop section of Columbus remains overrun by fentanyl.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Amid this trend, Brandon Thor remains attentive to authentic human connection.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Cold weather overflow shelters remain open Cold weather overflow shelters will remain open through 10 a.m. Sunday as Middle Tennessee prepares to sink back into a deep freeze over the weekend.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
The Hilltop section of Columbus remains overrun by fentanyl.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Fox has stayed lean and mean since selling most of its assets to Disney.Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ultimately the characters stay emotionally at arm’s length, but that’s likely also reflective of how their relationships with one another feel.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area continued to burn mostly out of control on Thursday, with at least five blazes engulfing more than 45 square miles.Max Butterworth, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Some are sighting unsafe residential roads, as snow plows continue to work on clearing roads.Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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Poachers using poison will often wait days between checking their lines to increase the chances that a high-value animal will come by.Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2025
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Make a fist and place the necklace in it into the stranger’s waiting palm.Julie Sharbutt, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
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By their nature, periods of volatility don’t tend to last that long before things return to the mean.Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Also known as Plan Mexico, the partnership between Mexico and the United States began in 2007 and lasted until 2021 to combat drug cartels.Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
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But just as trade along the Silk Roads persisted even during wars, and individuals bypass internet restrictions daily using open-source tools like Tor and VPNs, permissionless crypto networks are inevitable.Christian Catalini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Zoom in: Racial disparities in cancer death rates also persisted, according to the data.Tina Reed, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Remain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remain. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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