survive
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As coral reefs struggle to survive, many sharks are losing their main food source, but humans are to blame for that one.
From Salon β Oct. 9, 2026
"Seeing the condition of the recently burned lands... we didn't dare to gamble and assume he'll survive."
From Barron's β Oct. 9, 2026
Some phone boxes are better equipped to survive than most.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 8, 2026
The researchers say dietary sugar may magnify the microbiome disruption caused by antibiotics because potentially harmful bacteria that survive treatment may be able to use those sugars to expand.
From Science Daily β Oct. 7, 2026
“If we’re going to survive this journey, we need a raft.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Remember how the ball strikes the left field pole—bonnngggggg—and Boston survives with a win?
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 4, 2026
Cathy, meanwhile, deciphers the key to life through Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” a story about a girl like her who survives an upside-down world.
From Salon β Oct. 3, 2026
The light produced during these events can help astronomers determine what survives the collision.
From Science Daily β Sep. 30, 2026
That original interior survives in “Hollywood Buddha” and archival photographs.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 21, 2026
Pickett survives to great glory, but he broods on the loss.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Christa Pike, the Tennessee inmate who survived the state’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, was discharged from the hospital and is back in prison, her attorneys said Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 10, 2026
The convicted murderer who survived a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee last week has been discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers said Saturday.
From Barron's β Oct. 10, 2026
A trek to the site of the deadliest avalanche in California history reveals a surprisingly tranquil spot, a stark contrast to the frenzied 15 minutes that determined who survived.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 9, 2026
The review found that 201 babies and nine mothers might have survived with better care.
From BBC β Oct. 8, 2026
He also survived cerebral malaria, a severe mosquito-borne illness that can cause paralysis, coma, and death.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
So it’s quite the bounty that the exhibition presents 16 surviving silent-screen treasures along with stills and film clips that show the pieces in action.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 10, 2026
Eliot Prize-winning collection of narrative poetry “The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos”; her haunting accordion-fold elegy, “Nox”; and her widely praised translation of Sappho’s surviving fragments, “If Not, Winter.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 9, 2026
El-Sayed is not merely surviving Fox News hits.
From Salon β Oct. 8, 2026
They would have needed to encounter one another often enough to interact while also surviving a hot, acidic, and chemically challenging environment.
From Science Daily β Oct. 2, 2026
He was so old, I figured he deserved a knighthood, simply for surviving.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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