weather the storm
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: to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged too much
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When energy prices fluctuate or supplies face disruption, efficient operations weather the storm while competitors scramble.
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Jeff Sprau, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The Trump playbook is typically to aggressively fight back against any controversy and weather the storm.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
In times of financial upheaval, the thinking goes, movie theaters weather the storm as the cheapest form of live entertainment stretching back nearly a century to the Great Depression.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
Pickard has more impressive numbers and has helped the Oilers weather the storm in Skinner’s absence.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Sprau, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The Trump playbook is typically to aggressively fight back against any controversy and weather the storm.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
In times of financial upheaval, the thinking goes, movie theaters weather the storm as the cheapest form of live entertainment stretching back nearly a century to the Great Depression.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
Pickard has more impressive numbers and has helped the Oilers weather the storm in Skinner’s absence.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Weather the storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weather%20the%20storm. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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