resist

You need to believe that you can wield control over your choices and resist outside forces that try to influence you.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Microsoft on Monday published a “humanist” code of conduct to show its commitment to ensuring Microsoft’s models “will never resist human interruption, correction, or shutdown.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

However, after getting the script again years later, he could not resist the work of writer Paul Mayhew-Archer, who suffers from the condition himself.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

The AI also helped Samuel resist making snap judgments about a colleague’s scheduling issues and curb her habit of offering uninvited advice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Too fast for her to resist, he squeezed her hand—and let go.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

And in a league hard-wired to drag down any team that inches too far ahead, anyone who resists the gravitational pull toward mediocrity has figured out how to beat the system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Indeed, one of the striking features of the majority opinion is how persistently it resists artificial distinctions.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 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

Bailey resists the urge to ask her when, and instead waits to see if she has anything else to add about the cards.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

This past week, in only 88 hours, thousands of collaborating OpenAI agents resolved Navier-Stokes, a Millennium Prize mathematics problem rooted in equations that have resisted full solution since 1822.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

England, as expected, resisted tinkering with their attack and the hosts had the Pakistan innings wrapped up in 33.5 overs.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

And even as their executives warn of world-ending risks, A.I. companies have broadly resisted regulation.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

When the agent resisted, a superior told him to comply.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

"I love you. Isn't that enough?" he resisted.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Ahead of this 3-1 or 3-2 base, wingers are asked to stay high and wide, resisting the urge to leave their position.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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

Long criticized for falling behind in the AI race, Apple is now being rewarded by Wall Street for resisting the vast investments its big tech rivals have poured into chips and data centers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

But the unity of the opposition extended only to condemning the policy, not resisting it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela