alone

Example Sentences

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He adds, "In the USA alone, tens of thousands of people die every year from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, and that number is rising rapidly. We need new antibiotics to combat this."

From Science Daily

"I was meant to return to Leicester but they didn't want me back in because they didn't want a relapse on their books. So I trained alone for a week and then went into Charlton."

From BBC

Others, however, fear that air strikes alone may not bring about the regime's collapse.

From BBC

A retired friend told me that she and her husband don’t have dental insurance because it costs too much and covers too little, and it turns out they’re not alone.

From Los Angeles Times

But outfits like the Gates Foundation and World Bank still don’t have the same level of resources, let alone command the same kind of global respect.

From Salon