make a stand
Example Sentences
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These features would serve as firebreaks, places for first responders to make a stand and refuge for fleeing residents.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
If they are willing to make a stand, there is plenty of work to do, he added.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025
"There are times in your life when you need to actually make a stand for something – we are talking about our future here."
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024
“I just told our guys, we are going to make a stand and we are going to get better,” Carlisle said.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024
There was some one-inch-wide aluminum tubing under the back porch that Dad had brought home from the mine to make a stand for Mom’s bird feeders.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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