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had been withstanding

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Vitaliy Barabash, head of the military administration in Avdiivka, said the shattered eastern city was bracing for a new wave of the attacks it had been withstanding since mid-October.

From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2023

They already had been withstanding the drain of the enormous fields of the giant planet and the giant sun; the attractive ray was an added strain.

From Invaders from the Infinite by Campbell, John Wood