as in is
to have life
a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist
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There is no roadmap for what secession would entail, Solberg said, especially with questions on whether the end goal is to be independent or to join the US.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Hugues Beaulieu said that the killings on Wednesday night appear to be linked to organized crime and there is no active shooter in the community.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Meg, who now lives with her Aunt Val and Uncle Dan (Molly Ringwald and Yul Vazquez) and her 17-year-old cousin, Penny (Sophia Torres), still goes to Lincoln High School.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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Le lives about six miles away from the school, and his commute can take about an hour on bike and even longer on foot.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This double standard exists in large part because, from a regulatory standpoint, pregnancy itself is considered a health risk, according to Logan Nickels, chief research officer at the Male Contraceptive Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing nonhormonal male birth control.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Every word exists in service to the words around it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Subsists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsists. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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