resist
Example Sentences
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Kizemchuk sees this as one reason investors should remain cautious and resist the temptation to chase the market higher.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
Hezbollah, for its turn, condemned the attacks, adding in a statement that it had the “natural and legal right to resist occupation and respond to its attacks.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
However, this influential cameo demonstrated why the temptation to start the World Cup with Bellingham may be impossible for Tuchel to resist.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Mr. Klingbeil sounded almost like a supply-sider from the late 1970s or early 1980s, although he’d probably resist that characterization, as most European politicians do.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Then, unable to resist another chance to tease, she added, “Unless wicked ghosts appear and threaten to eat us. Then I shall surely scream myself. Eeeeeeek!”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing resist
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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