resort
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They rented a vehicle, hiked the scenic Cabot Trail and stayed at a resort on the Atlantic Ocean run entirely by women.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
It has warned that as a last resort, large industrial consumers would have to face restrictions on consumption in the evening hours to save electricity.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Dawn Ranch, dramatically upgraded in 2023, is a 22-acre, all-ages property that once held the Fife’s resort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
An electorate of 79,785 registered voters have the chance to vote for one of 34 candidates standing in the Essex resort - the most ever to stand in a British election.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 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
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A fleet of small boats evacuated about 500 tourists from beaches in northern Greece as a forest fire threatened two popular resorts on Thursday, with hundreds of firefighters tackling the flames.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Dozens queued on a pontoon at Fourka waiting to flee as smoke blotted out the sky over the resorts, according to images broadcast by ERT.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Most notable among the new and renovated Guerneville resorts: Dawn Ranch and the River Electric, both with a glamping focus, both with docks on the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
People can protect themselves while away by following good food and water hygiene measures, including drinking bottled water and eating thoroughly cooked food, even when staying in high-end all-inclusive resorts.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
After that, the big ones started to fall: large-scale resorts, fly-in luxury cottages, and wilderness getaways for stressed businessmen and their foreign investors.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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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
Recently, the government has resorted to grand jury subpoenas, which carry more legal weight, to identify users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
He said it was with deep regret that the band had to cancel their slot, which they hardly ever resorted to.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
They resorted to the common, if infantile tactic of asking repeated simple but irrelevant questions in an attempt to embarrass their target.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
While Kit resorted to ingenious tricks, Mercy possessed the patience.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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"The Council also unanimously expresses its concern regarding the repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue or to the institutional mechanisms established to address situations of this nature."
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The defense memo described Zambada as a patriarch — the father of 16 children from multiple women — and a peacemaker who “was known to first seek out other solutions” before resorting to violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Gakpo's game descended into predictability in Liverpool's struggles last season, too often resorting to simply cutting inside, a ploy easily detected by opponents as his form faded.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“The tools that people are using to present themselves in the best light possible are the same reason that companies are resorting to these backdoor references.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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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