sustained
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When you listen to those romances, written during her husband’s decline, your heart could break from the melancholy and sustained wandering cries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
U.S. stock investors also face the likelihood that strong S&P 500 earnings growth can not be sustained moving forward, still generating double-digit growth, but perhaps less so, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Odin is a bionic dog, with titanium teeth and a prosthetic foot from injuries sustained during wartime, but nothing slows him down, not even a plane crash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Daniel Kebede, from the National Education Union, said "sustained investment and resources" was needed to make a success of the new qualifications.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Years later I found out I had sustained minor fractures to both feet.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Vocabulary lists containing sustained
President Biden's Inaugural Speech (January 2021)
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The Martian
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This Week In Words: August 22–28, 2020
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