withstand
Example Sentences
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The same strategy could also speed the development of crops that can better withstand disease, pests, and drought.
From Science Daily
Morning Consult data found that consumers had some breathing room to withstand the tariff uncertainty.
From MarketWatch
Improving water-use efficiency could help crops withstand increasing heat and drought stress.
From Science Daily
It must function as a life supporting refuge that can withstand a world built to break down living systems.
From Science Daily
Rodríguez’s tone shift highlighted the balance that her shaky interim leadership is testing out as she tries to withstand U.S. pressure while keeping the country’s so-called revolutionary government from dissolving into factional infighting.
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