withstand
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However, the chair’s hawkish tone reassured some investors that the Fed will act to bring down inflation, amid uncertainty around Warsh’s ability to withstand political pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Salesforce stood by its long-term growth targets and argued it can withstand the AI boom at its annual Dreamforce conference.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
In an interview with MarketWatch, he cited their earnings growth, an expanding U.S. economy and the so-called hyperscalers’ investment in artificial intelligence as helping small-cap stocks to withstand a potential rate increase.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
As global temperatures rise, the ice is becoming thinner and more mobile, leaving it less able to withstand the forces generated by cyclones.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
She knew that I would never withstand her, and that I feared her too.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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It could eventually improve understanding of how DNA withstands light exposure, how energy travels through materials designed to harvest light, and how other fundamental light-driven processes occur.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
We have only one path forward: build a more capable American open-weight alternative that withstands attempted jailbreaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Carpenter offers many advantages to investors seeking companies whose competitive barriers to entry are as resistant as its nickel-based alloy Pyromet 41 External link —which withstands temperatures as high as 1500 degrees Fahrenheit.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Vanguard released a follow-up report on Wednesday on “How America withstands financial hardships” that takes a deep dive behind the headlines.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
But Jason withstood the fearful creatures as a great rock in the sea withstands the waves.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Yes, because they have withstood the loss of huge names to a breakaway tour that has been financed to the tune of $5bn and that tour has now filed for bankruptcy protection.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
And they booed when a safe call at first withstood replay review instead of ending the game on a double play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
It has withstood bank threats to decamp to Connecticut or other states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
As for the status of the anti-unitarian precedent of Humphrey’s, the court claimed its logic has “not withstood the test of time” and had been effectively undermined for decades.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
Despite her common sense, which had withstood more than twenty years’ worth of the three-legged table and her mother’s prognostications, she was trembling as she crossed the threshold of the darkroom.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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Google’s search business isn’t just withstanding the threat posed by artificial intelligence, according to an analyst.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
"This project is designed to update those protective features to ensure that they are capable of withstanding modern weaponry like drones."
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
In the last year, the U.S. economy has seemed to defy gravity, withstanding a chaotic trade war, shocks to the labor supply, and wild swings in the stock market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Weston kick-started the golden rush, withstanding the heavy pressure on his shoulders to win the men's skeleton title that was always his to lose.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
Many of the microscopic parasites that produced malaria would survive the sublethal dose and produce offspring capable of withstanding a full dose of the medicine.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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