make a stand against
Example Sentences
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“We have to make a stand against exploitative publishers and speak up about this to stop things like this from happening again in the future,” Mojiken said.
From The Verge • Aug. 24, 2022
Nicht Mit Uns – or Not With Us – has been organised by Muslim activists in Cologne to make a stand against acts of terror and violence carried out in the name of Islam.
From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2017
There are some words and conversations that we as a community don’t need to tolerate, that we can make a stand against and say “that has no place here.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2016
Even this concession may not persuade many MPs who want to make a stand against the Strasbourg court.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2011
Learning that many members of his social class, the aristocracy of France, had fled from their homes and were rallying in other lands to make a stand against their enemies, Chateaubriand resolved to join them.
From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
