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On Tuesday, data suggested Britain's labour market was withstanding the end of the government's job-protecting furlough scheme, a key factor for the BoE and its decision on rates.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2021

So he put the book away, and turned round, rather baffled, not quite sure what was happening, yet feeling she was withstanding him.

From Aaron's Rod by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

He had hurried over from Rome, on a call from Allatoona, and was withstanding more than four thousand men with less than two thousand.

From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by Wood, William Charles Henry

There was little Tom Timms on the front seat, whose face was withstanding a drouth.

From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various

While Fort Detroit was withstanding Pontiac's hordes, the smaller forts and block-houses scattered throughout the hinterland were faring badly.

From The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war by Marquis, Thomas Guthrie