sustain

Read together, these novels circle the questions posed by “Lord of the Flies”: What are we human beings once the familiar social structures that sustain us fall away?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"Even when the cause is brutal and the fight fierce," Shah said, "there is joy, laughter, songs and hope. Without those things, protests don't sustain themselves."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

"Cockroach movement has made a beginning. We don't know if it will sustain," he said on social media.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Intense rainfall may fall in the wrong locations, run off too quickly, or fail to recharge the systems that sustain the lakes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

I also don’t understand the hunger in Tris’s eyes, devouring everything around us as if it alone can sustain her.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Once authorized, the facility will be allowed to load nuclear fuel and begin start-up testing to achieve first criticality—the point at which a reactor sustains a controlled nuclear chain reaction.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

“We are bound to this thing… It sustains us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Given the amount of uncertainty and change ahead, passion is what sustains the motivation to keep learning and adapting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Snowflake and Datadog have seen a reacceleration of revenue from AI. And so we have to see if that sustains, but that’s the best sign you could hope for,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

It has rich soils, reliable moderate rainfall, and a suitable climate that sustains bountiful agriculture today.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

If a financial bubble were to burst "or if prices remained in a sustained downward trend, the flow could dry up," said EY's Garcia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

He said the Bank job was to ensure that didn't turn into "sustained inflation above our 2% target".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The authors of the study estimated that their circumscribed findings extrapolated countywide could represent up to $114 million in losses over a month of sustained enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

India’s slower trajectory owes at least as much to bureaucratic drag, corruption and the absence of sustained central planning around core technologies as to reservations, as India’s quotas are called.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

One of the jurors told a newspaper reporter, “Could I have spoken, I should have answered ‘not guilty,’ and the men in the jury box would have sustained me.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

"The two sides underscored the importance of maintaining peace, security, and stability in the region, reducing the risk of miscalculation, and sustaining dialogue on matters of mutual concern," the statement read.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Technologies developed for sustaining life on Mars, including desiccation-resistant crops and efficient closed-loop life support systems, could improve sustainability on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Evolution also points to an up to A$60 million rise in sustaining expenditure, and A$130 million-A$160 million of higher mine development costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

After the goal, U.S. star Christian Pulisic was subbed out after sustaining an apparent leg injury while attempting a shot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

However, the prospect of that tiny marginal colony’s sustaining an exploration, conquest, and settlement of the Americas was nil.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond