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resistance

[ri-zis-tuhns] / rɪˈzɪs təns /


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Gonzalez Urrutia went into exile after a bounty was placed on his head, while Machado stayed behind to lead the resistance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Importantly, the researchers found that comparable proportional losses also occurred with lifestyle interventions, while adding resistance training helped preserve more lean tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The fluid surrounding the outer edges of these tumors is much thicker than the fluid near their centers, forcing cancer cells to encounter increasing resistance as they move into healthy brain tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The merger has faced resistance from federal regulators, customers and rivals who argue it would drive up freight prices and reduce competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

It almost seemed as if these humans sensed the Afterlife realms—some unconscious part of them guiding them along the path of least resistance.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The most powerful ones have to be used as rarely as possible, to give bacteria fewer opportunities to develop resistances.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024

Driven by the overuse of antimicrobials, pathogens are quickly building up resistances to once-successful treatments.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

Though mosquito insecticides exist, the pests are developing resistances, and advancements are needed to reduce their numbers and slow the spread of pathogens they carry, including the malaria parasite and the Zika and dengue viruses.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

Over time, populations within any species of bacteria emerge with one, then two or more resistances to antibiotics, until we get potentially untreatable super strains.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2023

That something seemed to have rules and resistances of its own, ones that did not stem from me.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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