survival
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For many species, it can play a major role in survival and reproduction.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
“A lot of folks have been in survival mode for such a long time,” she added, as the group worked on planning a fall event series on a recent afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Plus, the U.S. links Chinese satellite imagery to a deadly Iranian strike, and the ultimate workplace survival guide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
But Humphreys told BBC Wales he had "zero idea" what he was getting into and was only told it was a survival show about a month before he went on it.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It was a combination of his relentless stamina, survival skills, and mathematical mind that made him the perfect candidate to join one of Brazil’s boldest and most brutal projects—building the telegraph network.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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Most existing Celtic objects—found in bogs and burial mounds—are durable works in stone, bone, glass, metal and terracotta with rare survivals in wood, leather and cloth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
And there is Van Gogh's At Eternity's Gate - one of the very rare survivals of his first printmaking campaign during which he produced six lithographs in November 1882.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025
So, a therapy specifically aimed at preserving high intratumour heterogeneity may make sense according to this theoretical approach, as it may slow cancer growth and thus lead to longer survivals.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
Iberia, too, had execution survivals that resolved in freedom for the executed.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2022
But alongside of these facts, testifying to a progress towards modern times, we find survivals of a more ancient order of things, quite as incompatible with manorial husbandry.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
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