subsisting

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Maekar recoils at the thought of a child of royal birth subsisting on salted beef.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Less than two years ago, Brittney Griner was starting her nine-year sentence in a penal colony in Russia, sewing uniforms for the Russian military and subsisting on spoiled food.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

With Gaza’s economy decimated, few Palestinians have regular incomes and most are either depleting their savings or subsisting on handouts.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

“No State authority,” Webster proclaimed, “can dissolve the relations subsisting between the government of the United States and individuals.”

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2024

They are also better prepared than Europeans for subsisting in New Guinea, because Indonesian agriculture already included bananas, sweet potatoes, and some other staple crops of New Guinea agriculture.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond