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resist

verb as in withstand, oppose

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FBI agents at field offices and at headquarters who resisted Gray’s power were censured, fired or transferred.

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In a video shared on X, he insisted that the Israeli military would be able to remain in parts of Gaza and that Israel said it would "forcibly resist" a Palestinian state.

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"No, absolutely not. It's not even written in the agreement. But we did say one thing. That we would forcibly resist a Palestinian state."

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In a video shared on X, he insists that the Israeli military would be able to remain in parts of Gaza and that Israel said it would "forcibly resist" a Palestinian state.

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"But we did say one thing – that we would forcibly resist a Palestinian state."

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