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uninterrupted or lasting life
The survival of many endangered species is imperiled by human action.
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The White House has since sought to pick a path that ensures Ukrainian survival and inflicts strategic defeat on Russia, without dragging the U.S. and its NATO allies into a potentially nuclear confrontation with Moscow.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
While these necessities are the focus of restoration efforts, the trauma associated with loss, grief and harrowing experiences of survival could affect residents for years to come.
—Zulekha Nathoo, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.
—Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
With the first fragment, Evaristo’s poem somehow takes us to estuaries as metaphor for spaces of encounter, spaces of survival, spaces wherein humanity could learn a lot.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
While these necessities are the focus of restoration efforts, the trauma associated with loss, grief and harrowing experiences of survival could affect residents for years to come.
—Zulekha Nathoo, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.
—Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
With the first fragment, Evaristo’s poem somehow takes us to estuaries as metaphor for spaces of encounter, spaces of survival, spaces wherein humanity could learn a lot.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Survival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survival. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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