resilient
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“Wild animals are very strong, very resilient and this could have been a lot worse.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
This is probably the most resilient footballer Scotland has ever produced, a man who has endured a physical and mental buffeting without ever breaking.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Trade appears to have remained resilient despite headwinds from the war in the Middle East, which seem to have been partly offset by rising demand for electronic components related to investment in AI.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
“North America is likely to see a predominantly price-driven adjustment, with widening segmentation between resilient network carriers and more constrained low-cost operators,” it added.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Perhaps it was no more than a literally heated imagination, but the ground suddenly seemed distinctly spongy and resilient, as if I were walking across a mattress.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing resilient
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