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resort

[ri-zawrt] / rɪˈzɔrt /




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The famed resort town was hit by Hurricane Polo in late September and again by Hurricane Simon days later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

In Indonesia, fuel shortages this week spread to the resort island of Bali, with long lines and warnings that stocks had run out at multiple gas stations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Monthly payments go toward seven nights of resort lodging.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Customers were told to leave rides and exit the resort at about 13:00 BST on Sunday.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Papi's not gonna like this, Nae,” I say as a last resort to keep her from ruining her life.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

Six Flags is the largest amusement park operator in North America, with 20 amusement parks, 14 water parks and nine resorts across Canada, the US and Mexico.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

He resorts to black magic to bring Brunhilda out of her grave, as beautiful as ever yet strangely distant and cold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Hanle has few hotels and no resorts, so visitors mostly stay in family-run homestays, often extensions of their homes.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

But they said that while Sandals has been adding new resorts, it is largely an “adults-only brand,” with only three of its resorts allowing children.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

When a show about the best resorts for your dog comes on the Travel Channel, I suddenly don’t want to be home anymore.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

As with his mother, who wrote tall tales during his Northern Irish youth, Cohn resorted to literary imagination and exaggeration to bring the story to life.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Todd Luong has resorted to paying his real-estate agents to hold open houses, because no one wants to staff one.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Now, Swift, despite her strong songwriting skills, has resorted to some pretty rote wordplay in recent years.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

As 1931 dragged on and they remained imprisoned without trial, the couple resorted to a hunger strike in protest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Desperate, the jockey resorted to an old bush-league tactic.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Fast-food chains have been battling for consumers and often resorting to discounts to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Paramount’s high-profile lobbying campaign reached a crescendo in late August after Paramount called out activist-actor Mark Ruffalo, accusing him of resorting to “antisemitic tropes” to argue against the merger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told AFP in an exclusive interview he wants to reach a security agreement with Israel once it withdraws from the south, and is determined to disarm Hezbollah without resorting to confrontation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

"The whole ship was a sweat box," he said, with some passengers in cabins that had no windows resorting to sleeping on the ship's roof.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The Aborigines modified and managed the surrounding landscape in ways that increased its production of edible plants and animals, without resorting to cultivation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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