weather the storm

idiom

: to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged too much

Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.

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While the East Coast continues to weather the storm and recover from Hurricane Helene, Arizonans might be wondering if the Grand Canyon State ever gets hurricanes. —

Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024 Prepare For Backlash Be prepared to weather the storm of potential backlash and client churn. —

Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Deals died overnight, and only the most prepared, resilient players could weather the storm. —

Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 28 Sep. 2024 Just as a health crisis can trigger an economic collapse, economic crises can trigger political instability in the societies least able to weather the storm. —

Tarek Ghani, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2021 See all Example Sentences for weather the storm

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