They had drinking water and other supplies and were determined to tough it out.
Mr Snyder, despite all his apparent victories, will have to continue to tough it out.
Those on the gridiron tough it out through anything Mother Nature brings, from rain, snow and fog to extreme temperatures.
Ministerial colleagues such as Margaret Beckett, the environment secretary, declared that Ms Jowell had a positive duty to tough it out.
So when do you just tough it out, and when do you head for the emergency room, or call an ambulance?
Mr Wulff appears to want to tough it out for now.
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When they get sick or hurt, they tough it out and hope for the best, and when things get bad enough they head to the emergency room.
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Only the high frequency guys remain, and they will tough it out if Saturday delivery is cancelled, or if one-day delivery becomes two days some of the time.
What remains to be seen is whether Freescale's private-equity backers tough it out in the notoriously volatile semiconductor business or try to break up the company and stem their losses.
On Friday night Barclays board, in an emergency meeting, decided that both Bob Diamond and Marcus Agius should tough it out: they did not need to quit their respective roles of chief executive and chairman.
My assumption was that Sandberg wanted women to tough it out and push ahead with their careers while their kids were young, and to put success in the office ahead of the time-consuming, energy-sapping but ultimately deeply rewarding demands of parenting.
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Mr. Norquist says Republicans should tough it out even if it means going over the tax cliff, pass a bill one more time to extend current tax rates in January, and then Mr. Obama will be the one to bend and sign it.
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"It happens at every football club and although it's tough you hope to come out of it a better manager, " he said.
"It was tough out there because of the wind - everybody wanted to run behind me, " said the 34-year-old after her latest triumph.
"It was tough out there because they are the best in the world and I was just lucky to be in the race, " said Farah.
Sophisticated scouting and a fast-moving coaching carousel that cross pollinates new ideas and systems across the league make it tough to stand out for any real period of time.
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"It was tough conditions out there, especially early on with the new ball and the moisture in the pitch, but I have played in a few matches at the Waca where first-innings innings totals have been in the mid-200s so I don't think we are out of it altogether, " said the Western Australia player.
"It's as tough as you can get out here, it's Russia and it's the Europeans and there are no easy fights, so to get seven through to the quarter-finals is tremendous, " GB performance director Rob McCracken told BBC Sport.
But if his stint in the witness stand started out tough, it's swiftly descended to grueling.
"If we didn't have them, it would be tough figuring out what to wear each day, " says 16-year-old Sawada Mizuki.
"The first rule of tennis is you've got to play against your opponent and I was playing against myself so it was pretty tough out there, " said Kuznetsova.
"It was very tough out there, extremely tough, " said Casey.
Bets were that Tudou might not make it out in this tough market.
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