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Being here I can't help think of John McCain. And how Naval Academy meant so much to John McCain. John McCain chose these grounds for John McCain final resting place. John McCain was an American hero who withstood torture, years of being held as a prisoner of war, and when John McCain came home -- John McCain wanted to continue to serve. – The President	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Google has withstood a few recessions already and held up pretty well typically, the last thing advertisers cut is their Google spend. – Raymond James analyst Aaron Kessler	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We've got guys that want to win, guys that make winning plays, and we find a way to win, portland had a couple of runs and we withstood them and made our own runs, and we made enough plays to win the game. That win right there comes down to the top guy down to the bottom guy, one through 12. – Dillon Brooks	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We see now that for the first time we are below 1. We will see whether that remains stable ... There can be new infections any time, we have withstood a first wave very well, achieved through a joint effort by society, but that can change any time. – Lothar Wieler	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We have withstood a first wave very well, achieved through a joint effort by society, but that can change any time. – Lothar Wieler	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We have learned to live with earthquakes, this was one more quake, the situation is gradually subsiding. The city withstood this and can handle it. There is no cause for concern. – Kyriakos Mitsotakis	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Notre-Dame is our sister, it is so sad, we are all mourning — Parisians, French people, tourists, the Chinese, the whole planet, thank God that the stone structure has withstood the fire. – Olivier Lebib	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Today's ruling is an assault on 133 million Americans with preexisting conditions, on the 20 million Americans who rely on the ACA's consumer protections for healthcare, on America's faithful progress toward affordable healthcare for all Americans, the ACA has already survived more than 70 unsuccessful repeal attempts and withstood scrutiny in the Supreme Court. – Xavier Becerra	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We will never see such games as Peru against Denmark, it was a historic, large-scale event, but the city withstood it. – Mikhail Chikin	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Yemen has suffered greatly, and its people have withstood an unspeakable tragedy, the country's infrastructure is destroyed; families dispersed, and its social fabric torn apart. This is a critical and most difficult phase. With every passing day, more and more Yemeni lives are lost. – Ould Cheikh Ahmed	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The door is still there, it's weathered. It's beautiful. It's even more beautiful because it's withstood time so well. – Kelly Fisher	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We’re such a disposable [culture] that being able to see things that withstood the test of time and people are still using them, tables, or chairs or cubby holes, it’s just kind of nice. – Frank Fritz	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There were some coins that were tossed in the 1855 ceremony in the mix of the mortar. They are in good condition so we are optimistic that the box itself has withstood the test of time and that it will therefore be holding the contents securely. – William Galvin	Found on CNN 9 years ago

Being here I can't help think of John McCain. And how Naval Academy meant so much to John McCain. John McCain chose these grounds for John McCain final resting place. John McCain was an American hero who withstood torture, years of being held as a prisoner of war, and when John McCain came home -- John McCain wanted to continue to serve.

– The President

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Google has withstood a few recessions already and held up pretty well typically, the last thing advertisers cut is their Google spend.

– Raymond James analyst Aaron Kessler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We've got guys that want to win, guys that make winning plays, and we find a way to win, portland had a couple of runs and we withstood them and made our own runs, and we made enough plays to win the game. That win right there comes down to the top guy down to the bottom guy, one through 12.

– Dillon Brooks

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We see now that for the first time we are below 1. We will see whether that remains stable ... There can be new infections any time, we have withstood a first wave very well, achieved through a joint effort by society, but that can change any time.

– Lothar Wieler

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have withstood a first wave very well, achieved through a joint effort by society, but that can change any time.

– Lothar Wieler

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have learned to live with earthquakes, this was one more quake, the situation is gradually subsiding. The city withstood this and can handle it. There is no cause for concern.

– Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Notre-Dame is our sister, it is so sad, we are all mourning — Parisians, French people, tourists, the Chinese, the whole planet, thank God that the stone structure has withstood the fire.

– Olivier Lebib

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Today's ruling is an assault on 133 million Americans with preexisting conditions, on the 20 million Americans who rely on the ACA's consumer protections for healthcare, on America's faithful progress toward affordable healthcare for all Americans, the ACA has already survived more than 70 unsuccessful repeal attempts and withstood scrutiny in the Supreme Court.

– Xavier Becerra

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We will never see such games as Peru against Denmark, it was a historic, large-scale event, but the city withstood it.

– Mikhail Chikin

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Yemen has suffered greatly, and its people have withstood an unspeakable tragedy, the country's infrastructure is destroyed; families dispersed, and its social fabric torn apart. This is a critical and most difficult phase. With every passing day, more and more Yemeni lives are lost.

– Ould Cheikh Ahmed

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The door is still there, it's weathered. It's beautiful. It's even more beautiful because it's withstood time so well.

– Kelly Fisher

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We’re such a disposable [culture] that being able to see things that withstood the test of time and people are still using them, tables, or chairs or cubby holes, it’s just kind of nice.

– Frank Fritz

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There were some coins that were tossed in the 1855 ceremony in the mix of the mortar. They are in good condition so we are optimistic that the box itself has withstood the test of time and that it will therefore be holding the contents securely.

– William Galvin

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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