withstand
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It privatized the internet, which began as a distributed communications network designed to withstand a nuclear war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
It acts like a built in support system, reinforcing plant tissues and helping them withstand environmental stress.
From Science Daily • Jun. 29, 2026
It treats historical analogies not as rhetorical shortcuts but as evidentiary claims that must withstand scrutiny.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026
Sébastien Lecornu said France's Orsan health emergency plan was now moving to level three so the health system could "withstand the strain over time and protect the most vulnerable".
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
By August 2009 the president of Goldman Sachs, Gary Cohn, even claimed, publicly, that Goldman Sachs had never actually needed government help, as Goldman had been strong enough to withstand any temporary panic.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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