as in survived
to come safely through
we've weathered worse crises, and so we'll survive this one
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Recent Examples of weathered
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose country has weathered four years of a large-scale Russian invasion, said temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil will empower the Kremlin.
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Npr Staff, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
When Social Media Became a Safety Issue The casting backlash wasn’t the only controversy Zegler weathered.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Houston’s secondary airport weathered the worst problems, with lines consistently lasting over three hours for much of Sunday and Monday.
—Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Van Der Beek looks a tad weathered for a man in his late 40s — not sure the scraggly man bun was a great choice — but otherwise projects a healthy, solid screen presence.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
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Npr Staff, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
When Social Media Became a Safety Issue The casting backlash wasn’t the only controversy Zegler weathered.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Houston’s secondary airport weathered the worst problems, with lines consistently lasting over three hours for much of Sunday and Monday.
—Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Van Der Beek looks a tad weathered for a man in his late 40s — not sure the scraggly man bun was a great choice — but otherwise projects a healthy, solid screen presence.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for weathered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weathered
survived
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Now many of those protesters—the ones who survived the Islamic Republic’s violent backlash—are in prison, and the city is under bombardment.—
Jason Rezaian,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
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Miami, which beat Missouri before falling Sunday to Purdue, would be facing Texas in the Sweet 16 had the Canes survived the Boilermakers.—
Greg Cote
Updated March 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
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