resistance
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Resistance training can further strengthen bones and muscles.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Such a message would have particular importance for Hezbollah, Iraqi militias and other members of Iran's regional network known as the "Axis of Resistance".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“The Complete Notebooks” traces Camus’s development from a budding writer in colonial Algeria to a journalist of the French Resistance to a revered public intellectual.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
“It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right,” he wrote External link in Resistance to Civil Government, the essay known as Civil Disobedience.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
But how can I get the Resistance to shelter her?
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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