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withstand

[with-stand, with-] / wɪθˈstænd, wɪð- /


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What’s needed is for the right materials to be found which can withstand the environment and do the lifting and attach to the satellite that pulls the elevator up.

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

It did not matter that fire and earth were the two things that she and her sisters could not withstand, would not overcome.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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