Example Sentences

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Iran is enduring its longest internet blackout, lasting nearly three months, with connectivity at 1% to 2% of total capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

But this district — with seven elementary and two middle schools — is enduring a crippling strike, affecting about 3,400 students drawn from Santa Fe Springs and parts of Norwalk and Downey.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Frank Mitsch, a chemicals-industry analyst at Fermium Research, said that while the entire sector is enduring tough times, the Dow-DuPont transformation hasn’t lived up to expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

At 20 days, the United States is enduring its longest full government shutdown -- the third-longest if partial stoppages are included.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

I watch him for an hour, and whether he is enjoying himself intensely, or whether he is enduring an indescribable amount of inward agony, I p. 127cannot tell. 

From The Night Side of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)