orphan
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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
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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
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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
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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
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