endured

past tense of endure
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as in experienced
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it an elderly couple who have endured the ups and downs of a half century of married life

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Recent Examples of endured Copenhaver endured multiple surgeries and permanent injuries after bullets struck his arm and abdomen; his family has not said whether the wounds caused his death. — Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Over the course of three years, Kaczynski endured unrelenting ridicule of his intelligence, masculinity, and ideas, and along the way started journaling about revenge fantasies and dreams of escaping to nature. — Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 For Watkins, those relationships help explain why Leon’s endured while many other businesses disappeared from Kansas City’s urban core. — Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026 Said, wearing blue jeans and a sweater, remained expressionless for most of the hourlong hearing in The Hague as presiding Judge Miatta Maria Samba described the inhumane conditions detainees endured at the prison in the capital, Bangui. — Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026 The mystery endured for decades until investigators traced one of nearly 30 keys found on him to Jacksonville, Florida, where Betkouski had lived. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Although Ossoff began the cycle as Republicans' top target, Collins has endured weeks of negative headlines about a House ethics investigation and his son-in-law's white nationalist views. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 Anderson endured the tragedy of losing a son, Liam Anderson, who was fatally beaten in 2018 by a man who was high on drugs at the time. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026 Ruckrich recalled that Pontoriero was especially adept at interviewing women and children who had endured something traumatic. — David Mendell, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endured
Verb
  • But today, as the Star Trek franchise celebrates its 60th anniversary, Navia finds opportunities to celebrate the legacy of her love and connect with Trek’s devoted fans who have experienced their own powerful grieving journeys.
    — Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • New York City had experienced four days of near-record rainfall, leaving both the field and the fans soggy, with many expecting that Thursday’s game would be postponed or canceled.
    — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 21, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • These irreparable harms should not be tolerated for a day longer.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Omega-3 supplements are generally well tolerated, but higher doses aren’t appropriate for everyone.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Thin partitions marked an early attempt to slice the space into smaller rooms, but the original brick walls remained bare, shivering with cobwebs, where someone had pasted a picture of a man, holy hands bracketing a redbrick heart.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Yet, the oxygen isotopes in these primitive samples remained virtually untouched by parent-body alteration.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The hotel underwent a $75 million renovation in 2015, which added a cinema, cigar room, kids’ playroom, billiard room, and wine cellars to the already-luxurious 82-room property.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Users of classical psychedelics who underwent a major trip on the Fourth of July expressed reduced support for partisan political violence, whereas tripping around the time of the Democratic and Republican conventions increased it.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Goldsworthy explained that the clinic handled motor vehicle accident cases differently than others, under a separate company tax identification.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Many handled important logistical tasks, Forest Service staffers said, like securing authorizations for equipment, land use and water supplies during wildfires.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This style of display continued throughout the exhibit, as just around the corner, a lifelike Luke Skywalker stood next to his landspeeder on a mock Tatooine while a Jawa hid nearby.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • An offseason filled with roster shuffling continued Tuesday for the Charlotte Hornets, who completed a three-player deal with Atlanta to land another guard with perimeter shooting potential.
    — Staff reports, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Those who arrived in the 1900s had very different cultural, political, and religious backgrounds from the older Texas Jews.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In past crises, these mediators had little of their own physical infrastructure or revenue on the line.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But being accepted for recycling doesn’t mean the laundry detergent container actually gets recycled.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But the meeting was canceled after Saudi Arabia called for amendments, only some of which were accepted by Iran, the person said.
    — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Endured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endured. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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