How to Use life support in a Sentence
life support
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How did the tech world’s next big thing end up on life support?
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
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The child was put on life support on May 6 and died two days later, Maj.
—Claudia Dominguez, CNN, 21 Oct. 2022
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That is when the decision was made to take her off life support.
—David Begnaud, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024
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By this time, Angela Craig was on life support, and the outlook was grim.
—Sarah Prior, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024
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Box office sales of 3D movies are on life support and have been for some time.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
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As a result, the actor was in a coma, on life support, for two weeks.
—Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
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The young girl was taken off life support just a few days later.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 28 July 2023
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On Saturday, the 1-year-old boy was put on life support.
—Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
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Rose played well, but after Trick One, the defense was on life support.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
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The mother was still on life support when the physician left two weeks later.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
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The next day, Bonham said, the hospital told him the man had been taken off life support.
—Moe Clark, ProPublica, 5 Dec. 2022
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He was placed on life support for several days and died Jan. 16.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
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Saturday's loss to Notre Dame has put the Tigers' playoff hopes on life support.
—Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
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One of her cousin’s injuries left her in a coma and on life support, from which she was soon removed.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
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Hadley was pronounced dead when she was taken off life support at about 10 that night.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
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The golf establishment had hoped LIV would be on life support by now.
—Kevin Cook, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
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Over the next month, the man's body was maintained on life support while the kidney's function was monitored.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
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Doctors said the condition triggered the brain bleed, which has left Burke on life support.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
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Meehan, who’d been placed on life support, died four days later at age 57.
—Jeff Truesdell, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
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But at 0-3, their playoff hopes are already on life support.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
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The discovery came as the sub and its five passengers would be reaching the limit of the sub's roughly 96 hours of life support.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
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Erik Cantu was shot at least four times and is on life support, his family said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2022
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They’re meant for people on life support, like the thousands of Covid patients who needed a machine to breathe for them.
—Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 16 Aug. 2023
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Crews went to the scene and administered advanced life support.
—Alex Koller, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
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She was later taken off life support and died just three weeks shy of her fifth birthday.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
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Since then, the Assembly has kept the project on life support and is scheduled to vote on a proposal for it in August.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
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Three days later, he was declared brain-dead and taken off life support.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
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He was taken to a local hospital, where he was placed on life support.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
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Rodriguez is on life support after the crash, according to the GoFundMe.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 12 July 2024
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The 18-year-old is in grave condition and remains on life support, authorities said.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024
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