Example Sentences

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Climber Chris Thrall said that at first, it was impossible to believe Sherpa had survived against the odds.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Two years earlier, Hill had survived a bout of colorectal cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Now, more than a year later, trees that had survived the flames are disappearing at a troubling rate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Griffin even made for himself an industry town called Frostproof—a canny, if defiant, advertising play, named years prior, after the town had survived the mythic 1895 freeze without much issue.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

The case was closed, another burden Beto had survived to carry.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez