resort
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Even this move is a sign of strong demand for labor, however, and reflects the unwillingness of companies to resort to layoffs, temporary or not.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
A blaze near Plomari, the old ouzo town on the island’s south coast, was eating coastal homes while roughly 100 firefighters fought it, and a seaside resort emptied into the dark.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
I shaved a few hundred dollars off the expensive nightly rate and got breakfast, a resort credit, early check-in and late checkout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Both men fell into the atrium stairwell at the Galeon Playa Apartments in the resort town of Costa Teguise after a night out.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Papi's not gonna like this, Nae,” I say as a last resort to keep her from ruining her life.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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People can protect themselves while away by following good food and water hygiene measures, including drinking bottled water and eating thoroughly cooked food, even when staying in high-end all-inclusive resorts.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In France, industry experts say they have seen growing popularity of mountain resorts during the summer.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Major cities throughout the States have seen crushing drops in Canadian tourism and business it affords to costly enterprises like ski resorts.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
There are challenges for a lot of those smaller ski resorts because obviously the season is so variable or short, and so the profitability of any one resort can be tricky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Whenever I met my classmates they would tell me about the jobs they had found, how some of them had left town to work in summer resorts in the North.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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They resorted to the common, if infantile tactic of asking repeated simple but irrelevant questions in an attempt to embarrass their target.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Residents have resorted to using orange cones to stop Waymos from driving through alleyways or onto the lots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
South Korea’s stock market has become increasingly volatile as retail investors have resorted to margin borrowing to pile into single-stock ETFs tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Unable to find buyers for their properties, some sellers have resorted to multiple price cuts in order to get an offer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Clare resorted to pleading, though it pained his every undead cell.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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"The Council also unanimously expresses its concern regarding the repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue or to the institutional mechanisms established to address situations of this nature."
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Gakpo's game descended into predictability in Liverpool's struggles last season, too often resorting to simply cutting inside, a ploy easily detected by opponents as his form faded.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“The tools that people are using to present themselves in the best light possible are the same reason that companies are resorting to these backdoor references.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Customer-service operations still rely heavily on underpaid and poorly trained humans, leading to general dissatisfaction across all service metrics, including wait times and repeat calls, with consumers increasingly resorting to equally unsatisfactory self-service alternatives.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
She had no difficulty in procuring Isabella’s invitation; and she was fortunate in having a sufficient reason for asking it, without resorting to invention.—There was a tooth amiss.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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