survive
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Still, no social-media startup can survive without brand support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Eradicating corruption "is a matter of our capability to survive," Fedorov said, adding "we have a systemic crisis of governance."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
It also alleges that, even if the policy were to survive the legal test, Chino Valley did not follow its own rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Cruz and other researchers suspect that additional species once existed but left remains too delicate to survive long enough to be discovered.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
James Scymanky, a logger who had been working in the area around Mount St. Helens during the eruption, had managed to survive while the three partners who were with him that morning died.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
They and other actors and aristocrats were visitors to the Scarborough Tunny Club, founded in the 1930s and which survives today as a fish and chip restaurant.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yet for many, affection for Castro survives even as daily life becomes harder.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
No evidence of the instrument survives, however, and, the authors relate, contemporaneous reports of its efficacy are “vague.”
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
“Reggie, I hope in the future you may be able to get past this. Somehow everyone who survives this will.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
She survived the initial attack along with a cousin and called the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, which dispatched an ambulance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Panettiere is survived by her daughter Kaya with her former partner, Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko.
From BBC ● 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
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
“I know, I know,” I said, really not wanting to hear yet another lecture about all the awful things that happened in the future if Lincoln survived his night at Ford’s Theatre.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Heather Wilkinson's husband Ian, the only surviving guest of the lunch, was in court.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
A spokesperson for the Santa Cruz Police Department said that the driver of the car was female, while the surviving passenger was male.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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
For surviving when the people close to him had perished.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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