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resisting

adjective as in resistant

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Nearly 600 people have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding police officers.

From BBC

After treatment, Gonzalez was transported to Ventura County Jail and booked on suspicion of arson and resisting arrest, resulting in an injury to an officer.

Even after the debate poured gasoline on the fire, Biden and his allies spent a month resisting calls for him to step aside, leaving Harris with just over three months to define her candidacy.

From Salon

He has pleaded not guilty to charges of evading police, resisting arrest, carrying concealed guns in public, assault with a firearm and four counts of robbery.

Our listeners’ manager is making a change at the other end of the pitch this week by selling Gabriel to bring in Virgil van Dijk, leaving £3.1m in the bank for the next manager by resisting the temptation to go for Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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