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remnant
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Lone Survivor
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- Right now these very same guys, the remnants of the Taliban and the last few tribal warriors of al Qaeda, were preparing to start over, trying to fight their way through the mountain passes, intent on setting up new training camps and military headquarters and, eventually, their own government in place of the democratically elected one.†
Chpt 1.remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
- Down we all dropped again and went back to work with the last remnants of our strength, counting the push-ups.†
Chpt 4. *
- We crashed through the light incoming waves like professionals and paddled like hell, using the remnants of our strength, to the rocks opposite the Hotel del Coronado.†
Chpt 4.
- 5 — Like the Remnants of a Ravaged Army†
Chpt 5.
- Like the remnants of a ravaged army, we helped one another back over the sand dunes, picking up those who fell, supporting those who could barely walk.†
Chpt 5.
- The presence of an unseen Afghani tracker was very bad news for me, not least for the remnants of my morale.†
Chpt 9.
- They also had to be aimed at the remnants of my team.†
Chpt 11.
- I was that remnant.†
Chpt 11.remnant = a small amount that remains after the rest is gone
Definitions:
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(1)
(remnant) a small amount that remains after the rest is gone -- sometimes specifically of cloth
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)