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 The Ukrainian capital endured a noisy night as 21 ballistic missiles came in three waves, Zelenskyy said, smashing apartment buildings, energy facilities, a railway station and the Kyiv subway system, shopping malls and businesses. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026 In the late ’70s and early ’80s, Lebanon endured an intense civil war. — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026 The ethically messy experiment lasted less than a week, but the volunteer guards’ rapid tumble into cruelty and aggression has endured in our cultural imagination. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026 The Ukrainian capital endured a noisy night as 21 ballistic missiles came in three waves, Zelensky said, smashing apartment buildings, energy facilities, a railway station and the Kyiv subway system, shopping malls and businesses. — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The new company’s first film was the Gothic fantasy Coraline, helmed by stop-motion icon Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) — a classic that’s endured to the extent that a 2024 rerelease grossed north of $50 million globally. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 Australia resumed 3-1 and endured a horrid first hour, losing another three wickets. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Fittingly, in the ninth, Ashby endured a 110-mph out from Tommy Edman and an obliterating 108-mph line drive from Kiké Hernández that was caught for an out. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Nike has endured a yearslong slump and is trying to right its business under Hill's turnaround plan. — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endured
Verb
  • People with the second phenotype, called durable, might have grown up in a predictable world—for example, a strict religious sect or just a family that experienced little change—and developed only certain coping strategies as a result.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Kyiv has said that drones relying on the service stopped working at speeds above 100 mph, and also experienced disruptions when flying at lower speeds.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This individual’s actions did not reflect those values or meet our standards and will not be tolerated.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • With effort, uncertainty can be not just tolerated, but embraced.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The initial concept for the solid-state transformer, which miniaturizes the magnetic core and surrounds it with power semiconductors, was patented in 1968 but largely remained a concept until the 2010s.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Pavel Dorofeyev, the team’s most notable trade acquisition over the summer, came close on several occasions but remained stuck on two goals for the season.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Reyes said that additional removals must halt while the case, filed by the DC Preservation League and two golfers earlier this year in hopes of stopping the renovation, underwent further review.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Pimlico identities State of Maryland The Preakness Stakes was held at Laurel Park in May 2026 while Pimlico underwent redevelopment.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The October 19 exercise tested how the vessel handled changing mission requirements and simulated machinery failures without onboard crew intervention.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Braking is handled by dual-piston hydraulic calipers clamping down on large rotors for the promise of serious stopping power even in wet weather.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The chase then continued north before the car headed east on Highway 50 to elude authorities.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Rubio told reporters in the United States on Saturday before his departure that India had diversified its energy sources, but continued to buy substantial volumes of Russian oil, making an immediate shift to other suppliers difficult.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • One was Larry Page, the 53-year-old Google cofounder who had ties to California for decades and began severing them after the wealth tax proposal.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Both events revealed that the old models of long- and short-duration GRBs had holes in them.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Internationally, a United Nations resolution on geographical names says that when countries sharing a feature can’t agree on a common name, each country’s name is accepted.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After Israel accepted its meager portion, Arabs attacked and retained a significant part of the land that was to be divided between Jews and Arabs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Endured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endured. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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