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is surviving

  • present progressive of survive (3rd person singular).

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“I think the reason I’ve done it is that I believe very much that we are doomed and my goal is surviving the apocalypse—for four days,” she added.

From MarketWatch Nov. 20, 2025

"When a mummy comes to us she is often surviving for the sake of her baby and at the end when she is surviving for herself, that is mighty."

From BBC Jul. 31, 2025

“There’s a sadness in the reason the film is surviving, because its warnings and its insights about the strangeness of techno-capitalism are becoming more relevant over time,” says Rivera.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2025

“Glynn is having to live off of GoFundMe, that’s literally how the man is surviving right now, paying rent, buying food,” Norwood said.

From Washington Times Dec. 21, 2023

“I don’t believe that any life is surviving in that thing.”

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Bates, Harry