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survive

[ser-vahyv] / sərˈvaɪv /


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As my chosen candidate, Verity Grimshaw, I start off strong, managing to survive a crisis in which thousands of A-level students receive the wrong grades.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Under that view, proteins and other biological materials were not expected to survive for tens of millions of years.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

What skills should a CMO recruit for if they want team members who can survive in a subreddit?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Perched on the upended boat, he watched as passengers struggled to survive, unable to save them.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

And neither of them would survive very long out here if they took a dip in freezing water.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Sixty-one years after the VRA was signed, the county the march passed through is now the site of a live experiment in how much of that law’s actual protection survives Callais.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Yet for many, affection for Castro survives even as daily life becomes harder.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

It survives on aging observatories, international cooperation and a scientific community small enough to fit in a lecture hall.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

“Above it, during the daycare years, is optional. Automate the number that survives the childcare years.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Miraculously it survives the humidity and our moves, with only a few unwarranted archipelagos of gray mold dotting its oceans.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Kirby explained that she had survived the Ghostface attack: “I was technically dead for four minutes. When I was revived, I got mad ... I wanted the monsters to be afraid of me.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Panettiere is survived by her 11-year-old daughter and her parents, Lesley Vogel and Skip Panettiere.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Manchester Super Giants survived a late wobble with the bat to beat Trent Rockets by five wickets and win the franchise's first Hundred title at Lord's.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

It was traveling along the line of sight at more than 6,000 kilometers per second, indicating that a densely bound structure may have survived the initial blast and was now moving rapidly toward us.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

“Thank you for your concern, Mrs. Clarke, but you needn’t worry. The children and I have survived Lady Constance in a tizzy before.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Finding fossils from much earlier periods requires searching in places where delicate biological material had an unusual chance of surviving.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Plaintiffs in the suit include Carradine’s estate and his surviving children.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Castro is the last surviving leader of Cuba's 1959 revolution and seen as still wielding power on the island, despite stepping down as president in 2018.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

A surviving spouse, age 60 or older, but under FRA, gets between 71% and 99% of the worker’s basic benefit amount.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Hamilton died at two o’clock on the afternoon of July 12,1804, surrounded by the Episcopal bishop of New York, Benjamin Moore, as well as by David Hosack, Hamilton’s wife, Elizabeth, and their seven surviving children.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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