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• While others are going on strolls to enjoy the crisp air or playing in the snow, these folks just don’t seem to be built to withstand low temperatures.

• We needed the governor to step up and empower ISBE to withstand this pressure.

• Since then, the company has bolstered parts of the Dragon’s heat shield, made adjustments so that the landing parachutes deploy at a slightly higher altitude and reinforced some areas of the capsule so it can withstand rougher seas.

• Sensors can also help monitor the quality of concrete and whether it is robust enough to withstand traffic flow and corrosion after a roadway is opened.

• The fact that they seem able to withstand microgravity suggests these microbes could be a potentially cheap way to extract resources to make life in space more sustainable—and enable lengthy journeys and settlements on distant worlds.

• But withstanding political pressure is going to be the least of your problems.

• Your bold brand of charisma not withstanding, staid types might see outsized expressions of your personality as character defects.

• Now nuclear power-station designs and safety systems are capable of withstanding much more serious accidents [than Chernobyl].

• But business and branding aside, the event seemed to be a familiar gathering, cocktail dresses not withstanding.

• Fire-bricks, withstanding great heat, used in connexion with furnaces.

• I saw clearly, not withstanding the defective spelling, that it was a question of something serious and authorized.