survive
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In mitotic slippage, chromosomes are frequently divided unevenly, creating severe genetic imbalance that reduces a cell's ability to survive.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
"In order to survive, you just can't stay doing what you were doing before," he added.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
"Over the past six years, I have often been asked... how did you survive and come back on top?"
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
There are dozens of auto startups in the cutthroat Chinese market, and many won’t survive, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
If any fish had managed to survive the eruption, they didn’t last long— bacteria began to grow rampantly in the hours after the lake was changed forever.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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