survive

Example Sentences

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He wouldn’t survive a second controversy as the firm’s leader.

From The Wall Street Journal

Deep down she thought maybe that was why she’d survived the illness that took her parents.

From Literature

"I don't need to try to survive crossing your floor, too."

From Literature

People with life-threatening injuries may be more likely to survive when advanced medical care reaches them by helicopter.

From Science Daily

But a handful still survive — routes that don’t carve a straight line but follow the meandering, undulating contours of the land.

From Los Angeles Times