resistance

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Health workers had wanted to bury the victim safely - though this measure has repeatedly faced resistance during the outbreak amid baseless claims that Ebola is not real.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026

BBC Verify identified 12 cases of community resistance to Ebola control measures, seven of which we have been able to verify using social media footage.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026

Although “Other Possible Worlds” focuses on Klee’s last decade, its thematic emphasis isn’t on Klee’s late work per se, but his art as “a form of resistance to Nazi ideology.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

Machine learning is giving scientists a powerful new way to search for superconductors, materials that conduct electricity with zero resistance.

From Science Daily • Jul. 7, 2026

One of the most famous resistance groups was the White Rose, headed by Hans Scholl and his close-knit group of fellow students who had grown disillusioned with the Nazi government and the war.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti