remain standing
Example Sentences
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In short, anything that can be exhibited digitally will happen at home and the few theaters that remain standing will be for live entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
"No one can guarantee that the shelter facility will remain standing after that. That is the main threat," he added.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
The plan has drawn a mixed reaction from local people, bereaved families and survivors – some of whom want the west London tower to remain standing as a lasting reminder of the 2017 tragedy.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025
Their goal was to collect their belongings from their and their septuagenarian parents’ houses, which neighbors have told them remain standing while many houses around them have been reduced to rubble.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025
I wanted to be off but my shoes had glued themselves to the floor and I had to hold on to the sides of the coffin to remain standing.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
