Recent Examples on the WebMaynard said two of his patients, girls age 16 and 18, had survivable injuries but died last week as a direct result of malnutrition contributing to their deaths.—Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 May 2024 Haldane and Spurway reached a pressure level equal to 90 feet beneath the waves, as well as a scorching heat somewhere in the survivable triple digits Fahrenheit.—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024 The good news is that many types of cancer are now survivable for years if not decades, the quality of life for survivors has improved markedly and there are ways to improve the odds.—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024 In that magical land, also known as Netflix, adolescence for people like him is not only survivable but often a lovefest, all closet doors blown off their hinges.—Jesse Green, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024 Most accidents are survivable for the majority of people on the airplane.—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024 Poor hygiene and medicine shortages spell more complications and amputations on existing injuries, some of which may not be survivable, doctors say.—NBC News, 7 Jan. 2024 When the plagiarism allegations against Gay arose, the campaign against her went from being something survivable into something that wasn’t.—Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024 Purity is commendable but increasingly not survivable.—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
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