resistance movement
Example Sentences
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Our civil resistance movement is strong, and it is growing.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
He fled to Djibouti and reportedly returned to Yemen in 1996, establishing a resistance movement calling for southern independence.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
The futility and frustration of dieting has in recent years ignited a resistance movement of sorts, encouraging women, especially, to reject social pressures to maintain a slender form.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
“Women, half the population, are active throughout the revolution, keep the resistance movement alive, are there at every battlefield, watching, helping, sometimes fighting,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
The eastern Cape was the only region where we succeeded in reaching the second stage and where a strong resistance movement emerged in the countryside.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
