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endure

[en-door, -dyoor] / ɛnˈdʊər, -ˈdjʊər /




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But I do think that the showing-your-work part of it all—publishing behind-the-scenes videos, dance rehearsals, early sketches and storyboards, for example—is likely to endure for a while, especially if attitudes towards machine-generated creative don’t improve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The discovery offers a possible explanation for how a group of animals that appeared around the same time as dinosaurs managed to endure two of Earth's five major mass extinctions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

“What this young woman has been forced to endure is horrific and unacceptable,” she said in a social-media post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

It’s how they punctured every silence and how they endured the hard parts of life that we all must endure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Only Mr. Lincoln was talking about slavery splitting the whole country in two—“I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Stephen King’s classic may be more than half a century old and has undergone multiple adaptations, but it endures because its central moral that high school is hell never ages.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

And Donte King, whose family endures racism both subtle and blatant, praises the filmmakers’ attempts to humanize people with contrasting viewpoints, saying he was pleased with getting to tell his story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

After all, it’s this potent music that endures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

"But it endures anyway as a tradition that forges character, one that sets us apart from other branches of the armed forces."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

But I will show him what a man can do and what a man endures.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

Alphabet endured a punishing selloff of its own, while the Nasdaq closed out its worst month since March 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Distraught relatives of the 69 victims of Spain's second high-speed train collision this year endured growing anguish on Friday as the authorities worked to identify the bodies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The series, by contrast, invites us to feel empathy toward her, or at least acknowledge the suffering she endured in her life even before losing her son.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

"We have exercised patience and endured uncertainty for years, but our patience is now being taken advantage of," she said in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The burden must be carried; the want provided for; the suffering endured; the responsibility fulfilled.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

"We will forever cherish the peaceful ease and reflection on his face, an enduring reminder of his invincible grace," it added.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“We will forever cherish the peaceful ease and reflection on his face, an enduring reminder of his invincible grace.”

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

“We are seeing encouraging signs from pacing suppliers as we deepen our commitment to enduring partnerships.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Dolores Huerta, the fiery and resolute activist who helped launch and guide the nation’s first enduring labor union for poor farmworkers and later became an inspiration to women and liberal true believers, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Six years had passed since then: I was a wreck, but nought had changed in those savage and enduring scenes.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley


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