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Seek shelter under a heavy table or near sturdy furniture that may yield a survivable pocket if the roof collapses.—ABC News,
29 June 2026 Often through trusted people making a once-dangerous conversation feel survivable.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026 Improvements in blood tests, meanwhile, dovetail with rapid developments in treatments for various cancers, making the disease ever more survivable or even curable.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
22 June 2026 Governments around the world used an overwhelmingly survivable virus to usher in a digital surveillance framework under the pretext of vaccination verification.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for survivable