sustain

An increasing number of countries were sustaining serious consequences as a result of the application of sanctions.
De jour en jour, on voit s'accroître le nombre de pays qui subissent de graves conséquences du fait de l'application de sanctions.
The report revealed the extent to which violations of sanctions, in the form of exports of illicitly mined diamonds, were sustaining the war in Angola.
Ce rapport a révélé à quel point l'exportation de diamants extraits de façon illégale et en violation des sanctions a alimenté la guerre dans ce pays.
The Villa, designed according to a rectangular plan, was built in such a way that a deviation of the Carcaione Torrent would get under one of the 3 arches that were sustaining it.
La villa est édifiée selon un plan rectangulaire, de sorte qu'en cas de déviation, le cours du torrent passerait sous l'un des trois arches qui la soutiennent.
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