survive
Example Sentences
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Identifying materials that can survive such extreme conditions remains a formidable task, and they can’t be fully tested without the plasma that future reactors aim to produce.
Sharon would soon suffer a devastating stroke, but his Gaza policy survived and curdled.
It survived long enough to become outdated not because it failed, but because technology moved on.
From Salon
This one is about quiet confidence — the sort that only comes from surviving enough $23-in-quarters days to know you’ll be okay.
From Salon
The few trees that had survived the fire now looked like Christmas trees planted on top of telephone poles.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
