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The first time she had been there, in 1944 at age 16, her mission was to stay alive and save her sister Magda.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Suddenly, the feuding married couple must work together to stay alive.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

"Their number one priority is to stay alive and to avoid capture," Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior fellow and the director of military analysis at think tank Defense Priorities, told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

“And you managed to stay alive, and raise chickens, eggs, and cows?”

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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