survive

Example Sentences

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Two of their other children were injured but survived.

From BBC

He adds that for some who did survive, their injuries their "lives were changed forever".

From BBC

Others have tried to survive being first ground under the bus and then tossed aside.

From Salon

Iran's rulers appear intent on showing they will survive the war and maintain control, despite their supreme leader Ali Khamenei being killed on day one.

From Barron's

In the hundreds of years the House of Lords has existed, its unelected hereditary members have become adept at surviving extinction-level events.

From BBC