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Responding officers found a 17-year-old boy with a survivable gunshot wound.—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026 As part of the Virginia-class fleet, USS New Jersey forms a central element of the US attack-submarine force, designed to operate stealthily in both littoral zones and open-ocean environments, providing the Navy with a versatile and survivable platform for modern undersea warfare.—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026 Once the airspace became more survivable, the war moved on to a broader and cheaper footing.—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026 Two fatalities from sepsis, generally survivable with treatment.—Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for survivable