Should those who merely survive an ordeal be deemed heroes?

A special type of individual is required to merely survive, much less thrive, on the stressful decisions we must make daily.

Hefferhad long ago discovered what he considered the road to success: merely surviving.

We don't want the students to merely survive in their new schools.

Sonny seemed to have reached that point in her pregnancy where the premium was on merely surviving.

If Hezbollah merely survives as both a political and military organization, it can claim victory.

Right now he had enough to occupy him, merely surviving this hazardous climb!

Merely surviving from this point will occupy most of your time.

But they'd done far more than merely survive since then.