resist

Really, what writer, no matter how detached from their past, could resist that kind of sweet talk?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

But the country’s rulers are taking time-tested steps to keep their chronically battered economy functioning just enough to resist a drawn-out campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Together, the two layers allow the steel to resist corrosion in chloride containing environments at potentials reaching 1700 mV.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

But it’s precisely that experience, and that of my wife, who was an actual world-class athlete, that helps me resist the temptation to go the path of data overload with our two daughters.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

I slip my phone back into my bag, resist inspecting the earrings, and keep moving.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

Roberts’ opinion for the court, despite being well-written and legally correct, resists critiquing the original order with the forcefulness this issue deserves.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The human personality resists easy analysis — that is surely one of Aviv’s takeaways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The intimacy of life and work are everywhere in the canvases, but Vermeer’s “sea of signs,” as Mr. Graham-Dixon calls it, resists reduction to narrative certainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The goal: to build digital ecosystems that ensure Europe retains control over services and data, and resists foreign interference.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

He resists my mother’s efforts to mend this sweater or replace it.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Yet he has ultimately resisted, once again stepping back this month from options to expand strikes across Iran’s critical infrastructure and leadership.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

This approach allowed immunotherapy to work against tumors that had previously resisted treatment.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

Warsh has vowed to reduce inflation, but so far he’s resisted a rate hike.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Apple has been phenomenally profitable because its CEO resisted demands to change the business’s focus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Some migrants resisted these attempts by northerners to rid them of their southern ways.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

According to the watchdog group, officers sought charges against Ludwig even after they realized the mistake, booking him on charges of reckless driving and resisting arrest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Bangladesh is resisting Indian efforts to return alleged illegal migrants forcibly across the roughly 2,500-mile boundary between the two countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The bottom line: Give Cook credit for resisting the many calls over the last 15 years to respond to the latest fashion on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026

Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, who chairs the committee, said that during the police operation in Cape Town last Thursday "some foreign nationals... were resisting law enforcement operations".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In that fateful moment, as the terrifying shape seemed to fly through the air toward him, all Julius’s determination to die without resisting was overwhelmed by his instinct to save himself.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks