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resort

[ri-zawrt] / rɪˈzɔrt /




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Olly said he paid as a "last resort" because it was quicker than going through Meta, which could take weeks.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

At Yangshuo Sugar House, a luxury resort housed in a former sugar mill, rooms start at around $300 a night.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The resort was finished, but jobs, in particular, never really opened up for local people around that development.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

He also bought several historic buildings in the resort town of Crested Butte, Colo., where he and his philanthropist wife own a home.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Our first stop is at the island’s famous beach resort!

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

"It's going to be different, but the one thing I'd say is his golf resorts have hosted PGA Tour events, European Tour events, LIV events," McIlroy told the BBC.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

If you have an extra day or two, there are plenty of nearby lakes, small towns and resorts worth exploring.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

As we drove down to Orikum, a beach town south of Vlore, Aulon spoke at length about the other times they’ve been promised benefits from luxury tourist resorts that never materialized.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

The white sand beaches, turquoise waters and secluded luxury resorts of this South Asian archipelago attract millions of tourists each year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The bunk rooms and showers become icy; for lighting, the caretaker resorts to torches and candles.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Those who have stayed inside Ukraine have resorted to workarounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

As 1931 dragged on and they remained imprisoned without trial, the couple resorted to a hunger strike in protest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

To tackle the severe droughts and water shortages that plague the country, Kazakhstan has resorted to cloud seeding, a weather modification method previously unseen in Central Asia.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Several people, including former rebel fighter Motaz al-Zaydi, told us they had resorted to eating rats.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Incidentally I’ve taken your advice and resorted to the dictionary a lot lately, so if it cramps my style your to blame.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

But resorting to litigation rather than negotiating a settlement to this trivial dispute could open a new source of pain.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

"The Council also unanimously expresses its concern regarding the repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue or to the institutional mechanisms established to address situations of this nature."

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Let’s be clear: Private planes do pay fees at airports without resorting to use of ADS-B.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

“I chat with people,” Blankfein said of his method of gaining information for making decisions on possible trades, outlining that he will text someone back and forth before resorting to calling them.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

“An excellent remedy for the more stubborn forms of acne, bubotuber pus. Should stop students resorting to desperate measures to rid themselves of pimples.”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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