remaining prisoners

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remaining
adjective[before noun]
uk
/rɪˈmeɪ.nɪŋ/us
/rɪˈmeɪ.nɪŋ/
continuing to exist or be left after other parts or things have been used or ...
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prisoner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɪz.ən.ər/us
/ˈprɪz.ən.ɚ/
a person who is kept in prison as ...
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The remaining prisoners were civilians either family members of the military personnel or collaborators (razakars).
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Remaining prisoners at the old gaol were transferred in early 1841, as further building work was completed.
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Conditions for the remaining prisoners deteriorated sharply following the officers' removal.
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The remaining prisoners were handed over to soviet authorities.
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The roll call continued even though the remaining prisoners had been left for dead.
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At 10:20 am one of the remaining prisoners, a seventeen-year-old on remand for joyriding, was captured leaving five prisoners remaining on the roof.
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The solution they found was to push the remaining prisoners still harder.
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The remaining prisoners were strictly guarded for a time, but the guard was later relaxed, and all eventually escaped.
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The remaining prisoners were released for fear of the same result.
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The remaining prisoners were not released, but held as hostages for further reprisals.
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During the summer of 1943, a change in the command of the camp led to improved conditions for the remaining prisoners.
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The seven remaining prisoners were due to be released by 2010.
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In fact, there are about 12 or 15 of us, the last remaining prisoners on a prison asteroid, which is hurtling through space.
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The remaining prisoners, perhaps 400 or so, then began a letter writing campaign.
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He rallies the remaining prisoners and offers to divide the remaining water between them and set them free.
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Some remaining prisoners escaped that night and the others were freed on the 4th, though soon replaced with suspected collaborators.
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The remaining prisoners were released soon afterwards.
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