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
"Amandla" means power in the Zulu language and was a well-known slogan in the resistance movement against white-minority apartheid rule.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
While this circumstance is horribly unfortunate for them, it does create important opportunities for a multiracial, bottom-up resistance movement, one in which people of all races can claim a clear stake.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
