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survival of the fittest



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Molango fears the World Cup will simply become a "survival of the fittest".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

In the meantime, it will be survival of the fittest drivers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

New CEO Greg Abel might favor survival of the fittest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The researchers hypothesized that the limited shapes observed in nature reflected "survival of the fittest," and that the many possible shapes not observed in real fungi were, for some reason, weaker evolutionary rejects.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

But I told myself that in nature it’s survival of the fittest.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate




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