remnant
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The stand-off leaves the new government facing a constitutional clash with a remnant of the previous regime.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Jean’s passion took a more private toll, but she still lives with what Monica calls “this deepening suspicion that your existence is a remnant of an event long since concluded.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
In this scenario, the collapse of the star forms a neutron star, an incredibly dense remnant that injects energy into the surrounding debris and boosts the supernova's brightness.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
Yet with the final remnant of muscular control in his right thumb, he spelled out letters at an adapted typewriter beside Edith.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
The task of hunting out the last remnant of the ruffians was left to Merry and Pippin, and it was soon done.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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