Word: withstood
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...this day, I don't know how he withstood the things he did without lashing back. I've been through a lot in my time, and I consider myself to be a patient man, but I know I couldn't have done what Jackie did. I don't think anybody else could have done it. Somehow, though, Jackie had the strength to suppress his instincts, to sacrifice his pride for his people's. It was an incredible act of selflessness that brought the races closer together than ever before and shaped the dreams of an entire generation...
...February, Blake headed to Dallas for the Rolex National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships--the third leg of the Grand Slam. As the No. 1 seed, Blake withstood stiff challenges to his throne, even saving a match point in the quarterfinals, before finally winning the title...
...Under the most severe misapprehension," the paper wrote, "was an unidentified sightseeing freshman who tried to leave the Farnsworth room through a full-length pane of glass. The glass, apparently designed with this in mind, withstood the shock, but the freshman suffered assorted head bruises and a bloody nose...
...Cougars started the second set strong, but Blake and Majmudar withstood the charge and took a 5-3 lead on a service break...
...Cougars started the second set strong, but Blake and Majmudar withstood the charge and took a 5-3 lead on a service break...