Example Sentences

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The administration is aiming for a robust study that will withstand legal criticism, the administration officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“We are confident that the claims we have filed are valid and will withstand judicial scrutiny.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

Where it will go afterward, and whether it will withstand the ravages of time better than its fractured original, remain open questions.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

That test, and others, tell the engineers at the university’s Extreme Events Institute how to design and build structures that will withstand the 157 mile-per-hour winds that come with a top-rated Category 5 storm.

From National Geographic • Feb. 5, 2024

The casual observer is likely to conclude that it is an easy problem to pile up snow-blocks, dome-shaped, but to do this properly, so that the igloo will withstand wind, requires adept work.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.