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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
survive .
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Examples
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Likewise, the whole thing about "Only the virgin survives" is bullshit.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
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And, as Bamber Gascoigne has written: ‘For the first fifty years of what we now call the Christian era, not a word survives about Christ or his followers.’
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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And, as Bamber Gascoigne has written: ‘For the first fifty years of what we now call the Christian era, not a word survives about Christ or his followers.’
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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The term survives in our word hustings; and in Ding-wall -- Ting-val; where tings were held.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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(The term survives despite the emergence of yellow chips, worth twenty-five white ones, to satisfy modern high-rollers.)
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This title survives in the German _Kaiser_ and perhaps in the Russian _Tsar_ or
Early European History Hutton Webster
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The Dancing With the Stars surprises are suddenly adding up: Bristol Palin survives, yet again.
Backstage at Dancing With the Stars: Is Jennifer Grey in Trouble? 2010
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The creature that survives is the one that is most responsive to change.
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The only way that district survives is if one of the other upstate congressmen retire and they carve up that district instead. jerry 101 says:
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The reason that the Silicon Valley survives is that there is an ecosystem that supports and connects start ups.
Tech Startups Don’t Need the Valley Unless They Need VC 2009
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