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resort

[ri-zawrt] / rɪˈzɔrt /




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Although developed to attract foreign visitors, the resort is also open to local tourists.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

In light of slower growth expectations and declining user engagement, Netflix is the latest tech and entertainment company to resort to job cuts amid a challenging economic environment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Moldovan tourist Raisa Neagu spent hours on Wednesday waiting to fuel up her scooter, one of many people snared in a petrol shortage on resort island Bali that authorities blamed on supply disruptions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Monthly payments go toward seven nights of resort lodging.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Then we could cross over and live off what was left until we got jobs at some resort place like the one Mong told us about.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Religious tourism to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina is more resilient, but the kingdom has invested heavily to expand into resorts, conferences and sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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

In her hometown of Phuket, a tourist hub known for its beaches and seaside resorts, Nene was known to busk at Naka Weekend Market.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

They also said that Sandals resorts are largely in the eastern Caribbean, where Royal Caribbean already has a presence, and that the deal wouldn’t help the cruise line expand its business in the western Caribbean.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

She resorts to craven, apologetic giggling, which annoys them further, and me also.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The filmmakers followed the heated battles as people in the divided community resorted to screaming and name-calling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

The bots appear to have been tasked with looking up publicly available information, but resorted to extreme techniques when presented with obstacles in retrieving that data, Howard-Jones found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Because he believed that the quickest way to ruin a horse was to overwork him, Smith resorted to creative solutions to overcome Seabiscuit’s weight problem.

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

Some automakers are resorting to shipping vehicles inside containers, while BYD has launched its own fleet of eight car carriers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

However, Conmebol did "express its concern about the repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue or the institutional mechanisms provided for dealing with this type of situation".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

"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

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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