resistance

Example Sentences

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Through a youth theatrical group, he met Jews who were surreptitiously distributing leaflets calling for resistance to the Nazis, including sabotage in factories.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is also the color "that the feminist resistance movement has embraced," she added.

From Barron's

Artists, musicians, writers, film makers and performers of all kinds are rebelling, one of the most profound forms of resistance to a repressive regime.

From Salon

The deployments, supposedly to fight crime surges, has been met with extreme resistance in the courts and on the streets.

From Salon

In that setup, the top of the price chart forms a flat line which represents resistance, and the bottom a line that slopes upward as buyers pick up the stock at an increasingly higher price.

From MarketWatch