resistance
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As the ceremony wore on, the room was as charged with celebration as it was with resistance.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The task isn’t to help defenders run faster inside a failing paradigm, but to change the conditions of engagement so hostile activity encounters immediate resistance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
This process plays a major role in the spread of antibiotic resistance.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
The artificial-intelligence chip leader looks to have finally broken through long-held resistance at around $195 as investors warm again to the AI theme.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
After twenty minutes, Blake returned to Rotterdam, using the back roads he had learned as a teenager in the Dutch resistance.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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