resisted
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In the 1930s and ’40s, Justice Alito explains, the Supreme Court mostly resisted any inclination to strike down Congressional legislation, which had mostly to do with New Deal economic policies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The Michigan Board of Regents so far has resisted such moves, even though the idea floated at the Ellisons’ home last spring was to keep the quasi-independent entity under school control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Washington had resisted, partly because it supplies F-35s to its ally Israel, which is guaranteed under US law to receive top-of-the-range American weapons compared with those its regional neighbours can access.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“I need to be true to myself and my ancestors who resisted colonisation, and fought for a freedom that I enjoy today in Ireland,” Rowe continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
I did not say that I had adopted a goose, or that I could speak with animals, or that I had resisted the RECOs.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
