make a stand against
Example Sentences
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“We have to make a stand against exploitative publishers and speak up about this to stop things like this from happening again in the future,” Mojiken said.
From The Verge • Aug. 24, 2022
The move will come three weeks after Swansea City turned off their social media accounts for a week to make a stand against abuse following a number of their players being targeted.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2021
Nicht Mit Uns – or Not With Us – has been organised by Muslim activists in Cologne to make a stand against acts of terror and violence carried out in the name of Islam.
From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2017
There are some words and conversations that we as a community don’t need to tolerate, that we can make a stand against and say “that has no place here.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2016
But he did not deceive Demosthenes, who entreated his countrymen to make a stand against him, even at the eleventh hour, for he was then within three days' march of the Pass.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
