survivor
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has met a survivor of the Aberfan disaster, as well as others with connections to the tragedy, days ahead of the 60th anniversary.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
If your husband is the higher-earning spouse, he may wish to wait before claiming to maximize survivor benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
At the Louvre, staff are still discussing when and how to put the theft’s lone survivor back on public view: Empress Eugenie’s 19th-century crown, which thieves dropped and crumpled outside the museum during their getaway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Coissac said he had spoken to one survivor of the wreck who came from the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where rebels are battling the federal government in a recent flare-up of violence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
She felt lost then, casting about, like a shipwreck survivor, no shore in sight, only miles and miles of water.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
They added "survivors should never be left feeling that what happened to them is something that could be laughed at, minimised or dismissed".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
It said it was committed to ensuring the funds were managed responsibly and transparently, "with due regard to the rights and needs of victims and survivors".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
We stand firmly with survivors and with Jane Doe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Columbia Open Discourse Alliance: ‘We stand firmly with survivors and with Jane Doe.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
For a moment they held on to each other like shipwreck survivors.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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