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Aguilar, who has two young daughters, says his family is subsisting on food banks and relies on donations for rent.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is "subsisting on bread and water" in prison, according to his lawyer.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2023

At that time, the federal coronavirus aid on which the transit agency is subsisting will run out.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2021

In the interim, he is subsisting across his non-electoral platforms, suggesting that maintaining a national presence is largely a matter of principled altruism.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2020

Since therefore God is subsisting being itself, nothing of the perfection of being can be wanting to Him.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint