survive
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The stolen trumpet, Mikawa said, was one of the only items to survive when her family lost everything in the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
What skills should a CMO recruit for if they want team members who can survive in a subreddit?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Managing to survive two wars, a decapitated leadership, gutted air and naval defenses, weakened proxies and a spiraling economy have allowed it to play a weak hand strongly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
One dog made it out alive, while the other did not survive and Giraldo's other cat remains missing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Ridge would need money to survive without a family.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Yet for many, affection for Castro survives even as daily life becomes harder.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Above it, during the daycare years, is optional. Automate the number that survives the childcare years.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Its peppery bite survives the wait, while the leaves soften into the sauces rather than collapsing into wet ribbons.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The clause survives as decoration: incorporated, venerated, and incapable of stopping a single seizure.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Our family is poor and survives by farming a small plot of land.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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Now, Gascón — whose entire family survived — is among hundreds residing in a tent city in a large sports complex that includes facilities for soccer, basketball, volleyball and other sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Two men died as a result, while two others - who cannot be named due to reporting restrictions - survived.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Medicaid cannot recover certain assets from a deceased beneficiary’s estate if the beneficiary is survived by a child under 21, or a blind or disabled child of any age.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Under this scenario, some black holes from that earlier cosmic phase could have survived the transition and remained present ever since as "cosmic fossils."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
We had survived something terrible—an unexpected, surprise flood that we had found ourselves in the middle of together.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Castro is the last surviving leader of Cuba's 1959 revolution and seen as still wielding power on the island, despite stepping down as president in 2018.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
With capital underinvestment in offshore for many years, the surviving companies have substantially reduced the cost to develop offshore fields, Robotti said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
A surviving spouse, age 60 or older, but under FRA, gets between 71% and 99% of the worker’s basic benefit amount.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The research arrives as the British Museum prepares to open a major exhibition featuring the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the best-known surviving artifacts connected with the Norman Conquest.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Frankie didn’t know it, but he had given me more than just a means of surviving my first year in this city.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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