Word: withstood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tight varsity contest, the favored Yale crew earned a narrow early margin over the closely matched competition, and withstood strong challenges from both Harvard and Princeton on the way to a two-second victory over the Tigers...
...minor-league catcher, coach and manager, Trebelhorn somehow withstood a thousand bus rides from Boise to Walla Walla without becoming very tobacco splattered. He is a substitute math teacher in the off-season and is as reasonable as he is unrecognizable. When Rookie Catcher B.J. Surhoff was called out for straying from the base path, Trebelhorn raced to the umpire, saying, "Look, you know the rule and I know the rule. But the players don't know the rule and the fans don't know the rule. So we have to stand here and argue awhile, O.K.?" "Treb" came...
...Brown JV jumped out to a four-seat lead at 500, and withstood Crimson power moves at 800, 1000, and 1200 meters, to maintain a three-seat margin with 500 meters to go. The Crimson rowed furiously, but couldn't close, and finished two seconds back...
Dukakis has commandeered the political center in a period of economic prosperity. People are happy with things the way they are. He has withstood the protests of those professional liberal activists in the Democratic Party who often get the publicity and set the agenda. It is the kind of political position moderate Republicans used to claim...
From a wide alleyway where six colts and a mule have withstood an early downpour, Jay, a lanky cowboy from northern Wyoming, turns a wild-eyed sorrel horse into the corral where Ray is waiting on his gray mare. The colt's body is rigid, and he lets out the kind of snorts that make a cowboy take a deep seat on frosty mornings. "A horse has a mind," Rays says, watching the colt. "He gets scared and bold, sure and unsure, sick and well. He says, 'Maybe. I don't know. All right . . .' and too often...