survivor

Example Sentences

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Firemen wrapped survivors in emergency blankets while ambulances took the more seriously injured to hospital.

From Barron's

The president, the survivor of countless negotiations with his long-suffering creditors, chose his words carefully.

From MarketWatch

The UK government said a panel of abuse survivors would be given a central role in the inquiry, however, four resigned in October in protest at how the government had handled the process so far.

From BBC

They are among 26,000 flood survivors still displaced after a monsoon deluge struck their villages on Sumatra island last year.

From Barron's

"He recognised the seriousness of what happened, or rather, what didn't happen, and the distress it caused. He offered, and we repeat, an unreserved apology to the families of the deceased and the survivors."

From BBC