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resort

[ri-zawrt] / rɪˈzɔrt /




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The railroads advertised the L.A. climate as a last resort for the world’s sickly.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The “potential” of this Albanian island, called Sazan, is to become a luxury villa resort, and Trump has embarked upon this real estate project with her husband, Jared Kushner.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

The resort advertises a program in which it leases units purchased by investors, but it declined to say if Paxton’s properties were enrolled in it.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

Rescuers had to get through a tunnel blocked entirely by mud and rocks - some bigger than cars - and had to resort to using explosives to clear the way.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

In this part of the resort now there were hundreds of soldiers, many of them in loud gangs drifting through the streets, singing and shouting.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

"It's going to be different, but the one thing I'd say is his golf resorts have hosted PGA Tour events, European Tour events, LIV events," McIlroy told the BBC.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

If you have an extra day or two, there are plenty of nearby lakes, small towns and resorts worth exploring.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

New resorts are not buying local produce, because the local produce doesn’t exist.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

MALÉ, Maldives—The white sand beaches, turquoise waters and secluded luxury resorts of this South Asian archipelago attract millions of tourists each year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Majestic mountains loom to the north, but they are a tease; the Idaho of snowy peaks and ski resorts, plus a handful of militias and survivalists, is a long way off.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Those who have stayed inside Ukraine have resorted to workarounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

For a decade, Mr. Daniels kept tuition in check, promoted free speech and intellectual diversity, and opened the campus to in-person teaching when many other schools resorted to pandemic lockdowns.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

To tackle the severe droughts and water shortages that plague the country, Kazakhstan has resorted to cloud seeding, a weather modification method previously unseen in Central Asia.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Several people, including former rebel fighter Motaz al-Zaydi, told us they had resorted to eating rats.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The ground crews, which had to replace twenty-four dirt- clogged aircraft engines in twenty-one days, resorted to spraying oil on the taxiways to keep the dust down.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

“Basically, no film studio wants to give her the budget to turn her books into a movie with real actors, so she’s resorting to AI studios,” wrote one person on Reddit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

In mitigation, Elliott Stern told the court his client had tried to deal with the dispute without resorting to killing the fish.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Let’s be clear: Private planes do pay fees at airports without resorting to use of ADS-B.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

France's education minister, Edouard Geffray, announcing the measures, also said that some schools were resorting to municipal halls, libraries or other air-conditioned premises so that teaching could go on "in more suitable conditions".

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

President Lincoln would not accept secession; he hoped to reunite the country without resorting to war.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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