stand
Example Sentences
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This stands in contrast to famous sites like the Chicxulub crater near Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, which is directly linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
From Science Daily
Their partnership stood at 122 by the close, with Carey unbeaten on 52 and eyeing a second hundred in the match.
From BBC
Döpfner is one of the few digital media news titans still standing in an advertising environment dominated by Amazon, Meta and Alphabet.
For days, investigators appeared to have little to go on, releasing images of a person of interest and an individual who was seen standing near that person in an effort to trace them.
From Barron's
"When he stood on the front line, he was useful. But now he's not a hero?"
From BBC
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