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as in stayed
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
one of the three bridges known as "the London Bridge," it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
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as in continued
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
the fact remains: it's still impossible to be in two places at once
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Recent Examples of remained
The move follows a surge in oil to above $100 a barrel as more major Middle East producers curbed production and the Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed.
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Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Kosher News manager Tito Estrada has remained a consistent warm presence at the newsstand for 20 years.
—Jason Lecras, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The area remained closed to vehicular traffic, police said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
Bahrain accused Iran of indiscriminately attacking civilian targets and damaging one of its desalination plants, though its electricity and water authority said supplies remained online.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
As a result, reliably generating photon pairs from a single quantum dot has remained extremely difficult.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026
Brooklyn played without rookie Egor Dëmin for a fourth straight game, while fellow rookie Drake Powell remained in the G League.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
SkyCal flew over the spot of the crash, where multiple lanes of the freeway remained closed hours after the incident first happened.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Israeli airspace also remained closed Sunday.
—ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Kosher News manager Tito Estrada has remained a consistent warm presence at the newsstand for 20 years.
—Jason Lecras, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The area remained closed to vehicular traffic, police said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
Bahrain accused Iran of indiscriminately attacking civilian targets and damaging one of its desalination plants, though its electricity and water authority said supplies remained online.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
As a result, reliably generating photon pairs from a single quantum dot has remained extremely difficult.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026
Brooklyn played without rookie Egor Dëmin for a fourth straight game, while fellow rookie Drake Powell remained in the G League.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
SkyCal flew over the spot of the crash, where multiple lanes of the freeway remained closed hours after the incident first happened.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Israeli airspace also remained closed Sunday.
—ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remained
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Montreal stayed pat at the trade deadline.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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While getting ready in the Greyfield Inn (where the wedding reception was held and guests stayed), the costume designer put Pidgeon in a vintage Calvin Klein slip dress, a subtle homage to Bessett Kennedy’s days at the company.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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After Mahdawi was released, the government continued efforts to deport him, using the same foreign policy rationale as in Khalil’s case, the AP reported.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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All this while attacks on Iran continued, with thousands of strikes reported, leaving upwards of 500 people dead.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Dallas County Democrats are outraged after hundreds of people who waited hours to cast their ballots may have their votes rejected.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Pro soccer fans in the Treasure Valley waited a long time to have their own team to cheer.—
Amaia Gavica,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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Blackouts that once lasted hours now can go on for days.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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An eighth-grader at Maranatha Christian School won the county spelling bee Thursday, beating his closest rival after a one-on-one face-off that lasted 13 rounds.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Perez and immigrant rights groups say these issues have persisted, if not worsened, despite federal inspections conducted under Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s standards.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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And none of them have ever changed the laws or constants of physics in a way that has persisted to the present day.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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