resistance
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His "drunken monkey" hypothesis initially met resistance from many scientists, especially primatologists, who argued that primates in the wild do not commonly eat fermented fruits or nectar.
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The dictator is clearly nervous, alternating between pleas for “peace” and defiant calls for national resistance.
They also showed better mitochondrial function, which may contribute to their resistance to weight gain.
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The futility and frustration of dieting has in recent years ignited a resistance movement of sorts, encouraging women, especially, to reject social pressures to maintain a slender form.
After the Allied landing in June 1944, resistance fighters were organized into the French Forces of the Interior.
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