mountain everlasting
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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This dual action of maintaining existing friendships while forming new ones underscores the importance of social cohesion in group-living animals.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024
They noted that money saved from the slow progress of the new flood defence projects could have been spent on maintaining existing infrastructure.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law injected $6 billion toward maintaining existing nuclear power plants.
From Salon • May 10, 2023
The revenue generated could be used for other purposes, such as updating or maintaining existing infrastructure — often referred to as infrastructure asset recycling — or paying down other government debt.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022
Over time the Maya found themselves simultaneously maintaining existing systems and pushing out to cover past mistakes.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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