withstand

Example Sentences

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At small businesses, which are unable to withstand economic headwinds as easily as their larger counterparts, years of high inflation, increasingly cautious consumers and tariffs are weighing on earnings and prompting cutbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the Irish pair withstood the worst of the crowd excesses, other Europeans revelled in the New York atmosphere.

From BBC

Western leaders assumed that Putin’s regime was too fragile to withstand that level of social and economic damage, which may have been a critical mistake.

From Salon

Many critics noted that their work suffered from selection bias and determinism; a 1991 Newsweek article described it as “an elaborate historical horoscope that will never withstand scholarly scrutiny.”

From Salon

Can he withstand any type of meaningful shot from Joshua?

From BBC