make a stand

Example Sentences

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“I’m not coming into the Oval Office to make a point or make a stand. I’m coming in there to deliver for New Yorkers… Working for the people of New York City demands that you work with anyone and everyone.”

From Salon

“We put everything on pause just to come out here and make a stand,” plaintiff Penny Harrison said.

From Los Angeles Times

Firefighters were all pulled back to safe areas late Thursday due to intense fire behavior and were scouting ahead of the main blaze for areas where they could make a stand by carving out fire lines to stop the inferno’s advance, he said.

From Seattle Times

Explaining that two generations of his family had fled communist regimes in China and Vietnam before immigrating to the United States, according to court documents, Duong is quoted saying: “Now we’re here. And at a certain point, you just gotta make a stand.”

From Washington Post

But in Kabul, where economic freedom and human rights have made real inroads, Afghans may yet make a stand for modernity rather than return meekly to the Taliban’s dark age.

From Washington Post