subsisting

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Less than two years ago, the W.N.B.A. star 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 2, 2024

“No State authority,” Webster proclaimed, “can dissolve the relations subsisting between the government of the United States and individuals.”

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2024

It turns out that the players being labeled as amateurs and treated like normal students who are subsisting on ramen noodles were not the reason folks tuned in on Saturdays.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023

After days of subsisting on tea, bread and onions, Abu Speitan said he was feeling dehydrated and exhausted.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Here in the city, tuition, books, lectures, and rent had him subsisting on crusts for days on end.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead