orphan

An orphan and an outcast, Colman’s fisherwoman wasn’t raised to fit in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The novel then shifts to recount the “contrapuntal fate” of Adelaide Percheron, an orphan raised by her grandmother in Pondicherry, a French settlement in India.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Eli Lilly’s experimental cancer treatment, olomorasib, receives orphan drug designation from the Food and Drug Administration.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Astronomers describe it as an apparent "orphan" because it sits unusually far from the galactic core, where supermassive black holes are normally found.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

I am an orphan, the son of dead peasants.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

The two unacquainted orphans sign up, conscious that they have inherited the larceny gene and, unconsciously perhaps, craving a family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Between 1970 and 1989, 7,220 South Korean children were adopted in Denmark, almost all of whom were told they were street orphans.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Being raised by another sea otter rather than a human gives Sunny — like other orphans — the best chance of learning essential skills, he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Later, alone and faced with the choice of a losing battle against seven brigands or abandoning a group of frightened orphans to their fate, Brienne decides that she has “no chance, and no choice.”

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026

As they stepped into the house, Mr. Poe behind them, the Baudelaire orphans realized what a ridiculous thing Count Olaf had just said.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Her office has registered 8,200 newly orphaned children since the outbreak began.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

In some cases, child protection teams succeed in locating relatives, even distant family members, who can care for orphaned children.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Incumbency can also be a drag on a candidate if orphaned voters dislike their track record, even if their opponent is even further from those voters politically.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Greek army was orphaned, without provisions or protection, a very long way from home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Min’s words rang in his ears, over and over: orphaned one . . . father to son .. . not my son.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Within these confines, COVID-19 advanced without mercy: orphaning children, killing breadwinners and shattering families.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022

“The biggest fear around spring bear season is the orphaning of cubs, that’s a very emotional argument. Even as a hunter, my worse fear would be to take a sow. Especially in a spring season.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2021

In Texas, Lydia Rodriguez, 42, died this month of covid-19, two weeks after her husband Lawrence’s death from the same disease, orphaning their four children.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2021

Her husband succumbed to the virus as well, orphaning their newborn.

From Fox News ● Aug. 10, 2020

Since the orphaning and especially since the blindness of Louise, Henriette cared for her with a love overwhelming as that of a mother for her helpless baby.

From Orphans of the Storm by Henry MacMahon