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sustenance

[suhs-tuh-nuhns] / ˈsʌs tə nəns /


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Sustenance, pizza and otherwise, is of course never far from the turtles’ minds.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

If you liked this essay, consider buying "The Sisterhood of the Enchanted Forest: Sustenance, Wisdom, and Awakening in Finland's Karelia" by Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2021

Sustenance, during these meetings, can serve as a peace offering.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2021

Sustenance can look like bread, but it can also look like flowers, as Ms. Hesse so aptly wrote.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020

At the top of the hill, a youthful Tonantzin, the Goddess of Sustenance, the girl who had saved us from the nagual, lifted her arms to welcome us, her beloved daughters.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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