resorted
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When Perry’s parents divorced, her mother, too arrogant to sustain a conventional job, resorted to other ways to keep the family afloat.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The court said the 53-year-old had "failed to acknowledge her culpability and has instead consistently resorted to excuses".
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
With cemeteries inaccessible, they resorted to schools, mosques, backyards, sidewalks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
“Offal wasn’t rationed during the war, and my mother resorted to the sort of food she’d eaten as a child: tripe and onions, brains, tongue and braised rabbit,” he told the Independent in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
That was probably why they resorted to putting Post-it notes on the adoption papers, Jonah thought.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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