make a stand
Example Sentences
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“This has got to stop, we can’t have a society that allows this to happen, we have got to make a stand, so please, no more,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
"We need to make a stand," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
“We realized if we did not make a stand we would lose it all,” Denise Norden said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
Robert Hanus, another of the vigil’s attendees said, that everybody should come together to make a stand against the attack.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
That ten or twenty feet of clear-cut land on either side of the road gives travelers enough warning to shake a leg or make a stand.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
