1.   But Michigan State, with three seniors and two juniors in the starting lineup, believes it has the veterans to withstand the assaults.

2.   By reinforcing the musket with a metal rod, officials hope it will withstand assaults by rambunctious children.

3.   Can MoistMates withstand an assault by a paper-goods giant?

4.   He has withstood the assaults from the talk shows and the media.

5.   It withstood the assault.

6.   Legalized abortion has withstood assaults from sometimes violent opponents, and capital punishment is back on the books.

7.   The comforting notion that the sea can withstand any and all assaults is losing out to growing awareness that we are stressing the ancient ocean systems that support us.

8.   These often-fascinating narratives were mixed with discussions about how to help systems withstand assault.

9.   His troops have withstood ferocious assaults from rival factions.

10.   The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad has withstood bloody assaults, though none as serious as those in East Africa.