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Scientists are trying to determine how forests are responding and whether they can be rebuilt to withstand future fires and combat climate change.

The building will withstand a 275-year earthquake event, as current safety codes require.

The wide-bottomed pot can withstand temperatures up to 600°F from your oven or broiler, and it blends stainless steel with an aluminum core for truly even cooking free of hot spots.

Nord Stream 2, a nearly completed project that would pipe natural gas from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany, has thus far withstood major diplomatic assaults from the United States.

When a high-rise goes up, it is designed to withstand everything from gale-force winds to earthquakes and fires.

People with ID may be less able to withstand this sort of interview technique.

How many of us could really withstand a similar side-by-side comparison of our face now with what it looked like a decade ago?

The gaming industry can withstand a critical look, but it can and must also withstand some diversity in its ranks.

He noted that none of the militaries of the former Soviet republics could withstand a full-scale Russian invasion.

Six months of the highest dose of chemotherapy his body could withstand and, after that, nothing but hope.

Were I a man, and had I your shape and face, there is no woman in the world should withstand me if I set my heart on her.

It is easy to perceive that firm-set rock cliffs, with no beaches at their bases, can almost indefinitely withstand the assaults.

Valmond was in the grasp of a giant, and, struggle as he might, he could not withstand the powerful arms of his assailant.

The amount of disturbance which the wreck would have to withstand would necessarily distress it, perhaps beyond its strength.

He accomplished whatever he attempted—nothing could withstand his ant-like perseverance.