resorting
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The ruling requires judges to consider conditions of release — drug treatment, check-ins, social services referrals, in serious cases ankle monitoring — before resorting to money bail or detention.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Without resorting to jingoism or over-sentimentality, he began to write with increasing tenderness about his native country—its climate, its countryside, its particular temperament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
She said it shows "how deeply unpopular they are with their own population that it is struggling to recruit adults to staff security checkpoints and is resorting to using children in support roles during wartime".
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
That means banks currently warning of $130- to $200-a-barrel oil prices are “not simply resorting to hyperbole,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
I won the first one, and Sonny won the second, hence why Malik’s salty butt is resorting to dirty tactics.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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