subsist

When you spent all your savings to move to London, how did you subsist as a young girl with no English in a foreign land?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Those who subsist on the fringes of the Vegas tourism orbit are aware that they are in a funk but are nonetheless powerless to fix it.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

The Lakers instead tried to subsist on Luka Doncic, who scored 43 points, the third-most for a Laker in a season opener and the most since Kobe Bryant’s 45 in 2007.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

Famine has already been declared in one area - many others subsist on the brink of starvation not knowing where their next meal will come from.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

Just the whisper of an unwillingness to subsist on scraps offered by others.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

The homegrown awards show subsists entirely on ticket sales, which range from $20 to $40, depending on the time of purchase — and the occasional donation — and has never turned a profit, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025

This could affect the bird's ability to survive in tidal marshes, where it subsists on saltwater and salty crustaceans, something freshwater birds are ill-adapted to.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024

The dark brown-and-tan-colored snake, named Tachymenoides harrisonfordi, reaches up to 16 inches long, subsists on lizards and frogs, and is considered harmless to human beings.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

Thus she subsists on the blood of animals, a solution that becomes increasingly unworkable as her hunger increases.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

His cheeks are so hollowed and pitted, he looks like he subsists entirely on turnips.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Cramped inside vessels overladen with precious cargo, crewmembers subsisted on a miserable diet of hardtack, an unleavened bread, and salted meat and fish that routinely spoiled and left many gravely ill.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

The pet-food company Evermore is extolling the benefits of sous vide–cooked turkey, lamb, chicken and beef; the founders are so passionate about these “human grade” recipes that they personally subsisted on them for 31 days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Father and daughter subsisted on a few real estate investments that allowed him “to pay the bills.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

Instead, his family largely subsisted on bread, he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024

The Natufians were hunter-gatherers who subsisted on dozens of wild species, but they lived in permanent villages and devoted much of their time to the intensive gathering and processing of wild cereals.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Aguilar, who has two young daughters, says his family is subsisting on food banks and relies on donations for rent.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

The men ran out of food, subsisting on what they scrounged up: vitamins pills and pancake mix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025

Less than two years ago, Brittney Griner was starting her nine-year sentence in a penal colony in Russia, sewing uniforms for the Russian military and subsisting on spoiled food.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

With Gaza’s economy decimated, few Palestinians have regular incomes and most are either depleting their savings or subsisting on handouts.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

The idea of subsisting on greenery alone — of prolonging that full-yet-empty stabbing sensation in my stomach — was totally unappealing, but the leaves would keep me alive.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer