resist
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According to the authors, NO-Cbl may also help address several biological mechanisms that allow glioblastoma tumors to resist treatment.
From Science Daily • Jun. 27, 2026
Some residents began to resist the direction Auroville was taking in 2021, with tens of thousands of trees felled and land traded.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Minimum building requirements have changed in the U.S. since the 1970s to ban construction of non-ductile concrete buildings and to require a better configuration of steel reinforcement to resist shaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
For her, Juneteenth is an opportunity to rally others to resist efforts to roll back their freedoms.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
The exceptions were New York and New Jersey, which, not incidentally, remained the only northern states to resist the passage of gradual emancipation laws.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing resist
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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