survive
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How did some houses survive the Stourbridge fire while neighbours lost everything?
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I would join those who are there to survive and make things better and rein in the bad stuff.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
In this light, posturing as sympathetic is an empty gesture, meant to encourage women into motherhood without actually helping them survive it intact.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
To determine where microbes might survive, researchers first examined the unusual way sunlight reaches the lunar poles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
‘You mean -even if I survive tomorrow, I’ll be running all my life.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
What matters most is what happens after you hand the property back — in the event that you do — including whether your mother survives the transfer for more than one year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The droplet survives for only a tiny fraction of a second before expanding and converting into other particles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
West Nile virus survives in nature in several types of birds and is transmitted to humans by the bites of mosquitoes that feed on infected birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Guayaramerin, a town of 40,000 people with dusty streets of red earth that contrast sharply with the vivid green of the jungle, survives off trade with Brazil.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Most of that forest is now gone, but what survives is more impressive than you might expect.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Some states require a beneficiary to have survived the account owner by several days before the money can go to the beneficiary’s estate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
He survived partly by working at a German laboratory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
She is survived by her husband and daughter, Erin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"One striking finding was the large survival difference between the groups: patients with more natural teeth survived nearly two years longer than those with fewer teeth," Uemura says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Isaac had survived the deadly battle and witnessed history.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Alexander Johannes Edmonds and Eckart Frahm identify three rulers who do not appear on the list but whose reigns can be reconstructed from other surviving evidence.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Your main priority now should be planning for the surviving spouse who could face fewer standard deduction, narrower tax brackets and even higher Medicare premiums.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The researchers emphasize that surviving is not the same as thriving.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Until now, the medallion was the only confirmed surviving image from Anne’s lifetime, but the curators have found at least one more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Before Christmas, we continued our preparations as if every action, every minor addition to our stores might make the difference between surviving, and not; after Christmas, we waited.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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