noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lone survivor
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the lone survivor of a shipwreck
the sole survivor
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Jack was the sole survivor of the crew.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
lone
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One man, the lone survivor of the massacre, carried the gruesome story to Tihosuco.
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The lone survivor was a 2-1 / 4-year-old girl.
only
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In fact it figures the three companies will be the only survivors of the coming silicon shoot-out.
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I was glad to do what I could for my friend, the only survivor of the Praça days.
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Today its Gothic bell-tower, much restored in the nineteenth century, is the only substantial survivor .
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According to the only survivor , his comrades went under one by one, screaming in terror.
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Richter would learn soon enough: there were no heroes, only survivors .
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Since 1980 the Standard had been the only survivor of the flourishing trio in 1945.
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Now the only survivors are likely to be serious candidates.
other
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The other survivor , Bennett, crawled back and has since lain a cripple.
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Several other long term survivors have been described but only after radiotherapy or surgery.
sole
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The cast's sole survivor from the great Minstrel days says that's a shame.
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General Electric is the sole survivor from the original index.&038;.
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The sole survivor , Barry O'Shaughnessy, 19, was seriously ill in hospital last night.
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Stewart walked off with the look of one who was the sole survivor of a particularly nasty plane crash.
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Bumboy not only won: it was more or less the sole survivor .
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It is in this latter style that the sole survivor , 167 - has been restored for the Centenary celebrations.
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I am the sole survivor of my family.
■ NOUN
cancer
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Incidence of second primary tumours among childhood cancer survivors .
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Nessim, who has created a documentary on cancer survivors , beat a rare muscle tissue cancer 21 years ago.
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And it offers a hopeful message from cancer survivors such as Mary Chatman, 51.
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But cancer survivors , medical practitioners and attorneys agree that discrimination against workers with illnesses exists in the workplace.
holocaust
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He spoke about Hadassah's background as the Prague-born daughter of Holocaust survivors .
rape
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The outrage eagerly orchestrated by the newspaper did not focus in a serious way on the needs and dangers facing rape survivors .
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A strip across the eyes of a photograph of a rape survivor and her boyfriend is unlikely to deter speculation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Survivors of the accident were rushed to the nearest hospital.
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Although she's had an extremely hard life, Tina Turner is a born survivor .
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An eight-month-old baby girl was the sole survivor of a car crash that killed both her parents.
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As more is revealed, the audience begins to see Wendy as a survivor rather than a victim.
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So far rescue workers have found no sign of any survivors.
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There were no survivors among at least 261 people on board.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Down below, the survivors emerge from their cars, cough once or twice, then forget all about it.
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In 1984, the survivors were all females and although they laid capsules, no embryos hatched.
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Mention his name to these pre-war survivors and you hear a sound like soup sucked through clenched teeth.
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Shaken survivors milled about the lobby awaiting word on when they could leave Cairo.
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She had saved 146 survivors in all, from Southern Princess and from another ship as well.
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Such survivors, after all, form by far the greatest proportion of patients with coronary disease.
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The next few days were filled with wire stories detailing the search for possible survivors.
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The Nguyen survivor , Nguyen Anh, had fled to the island with his Tayson foes behind him.