At other times, it melts into the background of the garden in which it survives, becoming an almost abstract thing.
She has survived, becoming what has been described as "the worst nightmare of Iran's hardline clerics".
In time the Nephites were wiped out, but the Lamanites survived, becoming the Native Americans who were encountered by European explorers and settlers in the New World.Now a devout Mormon, too, has suggested that this is nonsense, landing himself in very hot water.
So the Bolshoi survived, becoming under Stalin a key tool in the propaganda war, where ballet had to represent heroic workers, not fairytale princes, and each commission was subject to censorship from Glavrepertkom, a board that controlled every aspect of every performance, with stultifying and dangerous consequences.
But in being isolated, they had survived, becoming a stronger team than ever, immersing themselves in whatever theatricals and other forms of basic entertainment they could muster.
Enough forms of alleged talent, from singing to surviving, becoming the next top supermodel to dancing, designing and inventing have been put on display to make it seem like anyone has a shot at fame and almost everyone takes it.
"[He] chose to survive by becoming redder than the red".
In a tiny book market, the battle to survive is becoming desperate.
Smaller states along the Himalayan foothills managed to survive without becoming too embroiled in the politics of the plains.
The building struggled to survive by becoming a home to bohemian (a k a unmarried working) women, but it soon sank into decline.
