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resort

[ri-zawrt] / rɪˈzɔrt /




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Unlike hotels in cities, resort properties are also bigger — with sometimes thousands of rooms — allowing them to spread the cost of doing business across more customers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

At one ski resort, state media depicts a Chinese DJ mixing electronic beats with “traditional ethnic melodies.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

State media and Russian outlets have published images of small groups of Russian tourists visiting the Wonsan Kalma resort, which opened in July 2025.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The next night she and Salvador walked through the luxurious desert resort city of Palm Springs.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

Those resorts were once synonymous with the most generic budget vacations — packed buffets, weak drinks, brightly colored beachfront hotels that vacationers never leave — observed Bernstein analysts in a note on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

But all-inclusive resorts have quietly transformed into luxury destinations, according to the note, with Michelin-starred chefs and yoga and wellness retreats, as the travel industry increasingly chases wealthier consumers to offset potentially shrinking profits.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Even with her fraud thoroughly exposed, even in a documentary where she repeatedly resorts to the obvious trick of focusing on semantics, we remain fascinated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

If you’ve never been on an adventure trip before, if you’ve only been to resorts, it’s not assumed that something can go wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

But then I dive deeper and realize that many of the tiny islands only have resorts.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

States have resorted to Rube Goldberg-like schemes to obtain drugs from abroad, sometimes under false pretenses, or have used drugs that are expired or improperly stored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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

Some were in so far over their heads that they resorted to invention, fabricating preposterous stories or quotations out of thin air.

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

These are growth options for PLS without resorting to M&A in markets underpinned by strong underlying long-term demand, such as electric vehicles and battery storage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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

In mitigation, Elliott Stern told the court his client had tried to deal with the dispute without resorting to killing the fish.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

“So now we’re resorting to fortune cookie wisdom? Like that’s going to help put food in our kids’ mouths?”

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate


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