resisting
Example Sentences
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Then, beginning in August, software stocks, semiconductors and the megacaps started moving higher in unison, as investors saw the tech sector as the best bet for resisting the pull of rising interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Both of us have been resisting the idea that ‘grief is love with nowhere to go’ and instead, actively putting our grief, our love, into our art,” Falley said in an email exchange.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
She had spent years resisting a political career.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Soriot built his name by resisting a megadeal once before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Drawing from sources as diverse as aikido and barroom brawls, the instructors taught us ways to tangle with an attacking or resisting inmate that you weren’t likely to see in, say, a John Wayne movie.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
