orphan

Hottle, who was deaf, portrayed a young orphan named Jia in the 2021 blockbuster, and reprised the role in 2024 sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

The other, a Flea Bottom orphan taken in by a drunken hedge knight, spent most of his life sleeping on the hard ground.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

He noted that Brendon was left an orphan.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

The company also noted a slower ramp-up for some rare and orphan drug programs as impacting the product mix and growth forecasts.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

But the truth about orphan life was this: Nothing ever stayed the same.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

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

A group of orphans was repatriated in 2019, and another 17 women and children were brought back in 2022.

From BBC ● May 8, 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

Who was this Harrison Weed, with his fancy Manhattan apartment and strange dealings with Cuban orphans?

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

At the novel’s core are Tomás and his wife, Phina, each bearing the psychic wounds of the midcentury potato famine that left them orphaned and adrift—until they found each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Founded in 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife is renowned for its care of orphaned elephants and rhinos, rescuing and reintegrating them into the wild.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

That certainly has been the case with orphaned oil wells, which also were built with promises of safety.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

The news of the bear’s killing and her orphaned cubs has been met with outrage by some in the community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

In Mexico, orphaned when he was eight, my father left school to work as an ‘apprentice’ for an uncle.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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

It was therefore a sore disappointment when they learned that death had robbed them of the dear old people, orphaning them a second time.

From Mildred's New Daughter by Finley, Martha