lost to

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The sheriff’s spokesperson, asked if the man was at least able to retrieve his glasses, said he did not know the fate of the eyewear but suspected they may have been lost to the vault.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

“Sara was leading every private poll that she had,” too, former Rep. Tom Allen, who lost to Collins in 2008 and is a friend of Gideon’s, told me.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

With no official reporting structure, they fear many sightings risk going unrecorded, their details lost to time.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Once virtually lost to memory after being painted over with whitewash, the frescoes began to be uncovered in the mid-19th century -- but the work left scratches and pockets of white on the frescoed walls.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

“I have just learned that one of our Collective was lost to research on the planet,” she says, matter-of-factly talking about Len.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera