Sentence examples for surviving plunges of from inspiring English sources

Surviving plunges of more than 100 feet requires technical prowess, near-perfect snow and weather conditions, and careful planning.

They found 16 years where the percentage of male infants surviving plunged, with one in the late 18th century dropping to 79 males for every 100 females.

Fourteen people have survived plunges over Niagara.

After surviving the plunge over Victoria Falls, the family stumble upon a chimpanzee sanctuary maintained by the scientist Dr. Joan Bushwell (a parody of Jane Goodall).

Careful planning allows them to just brush the ground and survive these plunges, which are said to have inspired the modern sport of bungee jumping.

The FSA has been conducting detailed investigations into the financial strength of insurance companies to ensure that they can survive the plunge in the value of shares, bonds, property and other assets in which the bulk of their funds are invested.

Astrophysicist Mario Livio of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, calls the discovery "quite convincing" and says it shows that objects other than black holes and pulsars can survive a plunge through the interior of a giant star.

The last surviving leg of a long-vanished streetcar system, Newark's City Subway is essentially a trolley that plunges underground for its last mile.

After surviving decades of a government that made the ruling Baath Party a tool of repression and the only legal political outlet, many people have plunged into politics in ways both silly and sublime.

The fall broke both of Alarab's ankles and three of his ribs and collapsed his lungs, but he lived — becoming one of only twenty-six people to survive the plunge from the Golden Gate.

While the accident forced the Rolling Stones to cancel part of their summer tour, Mr. Richards, 62, handily survived his plunge.