withstand
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It helps car and airplane tires withstand enormous stress, keeps industrial machinery running, and appears in everything from medical devices to garden hoses.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
“How tall is that levee and is it strong enough to withstand a medium-level storm?” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at Northlight Asset Management, expects the US economy can withstand short-term global shocks.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
This is high-octane, quick-absorption stuff for which elite athletes literally have to “train the gut” in order to withstand all the carbs they’re taking in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
‘You were there? Tell me more! Why did no help come? And how did you escape, and yet he did not, so mighty a man as he was, and only orcs to withstand him?’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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