resort
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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
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"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
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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
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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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