weather the storm

idiom

: to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged too much
Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.

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While Rodney was able to weather the storm with family members, Roxene Thompson Kastens could not get through to her beloved grandparents, both in their 80s, or their 101-year-old cousin. Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025 When discussing how China might react to Trump’s unpredictability even if there is a trade deal, Chinese decision-makers appeared fully confident in their ability to weather the storm. Yun Sun, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2025 Tennyson’s robust retail and apartment market has helped Campise’s building weather the storm a bit. Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025 Tariff Talk On Real Estate While real estate rarely enters the conversation about tariffs, specific subsectors – particularly essential retail and industrial real estate – are uniquely positioned to weather the storm and, in some cases, potentially benefit from the tariff environment. Fred Hubler, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weather the storm

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“Weather the storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weather%20the%20storm. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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