Sentence examples for remained a record from inspiring English sources

(The scoring total remained a record until Dec. 13, 1983, when the Detroit Pistons, led by Isiah Thomas's 47 points, squeaked past the Nuggets, 186-184, in a triple-overtime N.B.A. game in Denver).

A15 Prison Population Slows Rise The number of people in state prisons increased last year at the slowest rate since 1971, though the number incarcerated in the United States remained a record high, the Justice Department said.

The number of people in state prisons increased last year at the slowest rate since 1971, though the number incarcerated in the United States remained a record high, the Justice Department reported today.

Her total of medals remained a record for women's track and field until the final day of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, when Jamaica's Merlene Ottey, competing in the 400m relay, won an eighth.

His highest score, 292 runs against Hampshire in 1895, remained a record for a Somerset batsman until 1948.

His 24 career tries in the Five Nations – now Six Nations – remained a record until first equalled and then surpassed by Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll in 2011.

Montana's eight Pro Bowl games remain a record for quarterbacks, and several of his drives are legendary, especially the one in Super Bowl XXIII, when he led his team 92 yards in the final minutes to beat the Cincinnati Bengals.

The 158,000 spectators that watched the proceedings at Headingley remain a record for a Test on English soil.

The titles were the seventh and eighth of Richard's career, and Montreal's five consecutive championships remain a record.

Approximately five of the 1849-C Open Wreath are known; one, believed the finest surviving specimen, sold at auction for $690,000 in 2004, remaining a record for the gold dollar series as of 2013.

It remained a world record until 1896, and could have been even lower had they not recovered from 26-8.