resist

A reader is hard-pressed to resist becoming a poetry stan, so persuasive is Garmus’ Batter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Rights group Amnesty International urged countries to "resist" the move, saying the sanctions were "designed to isolate and ultimately destroy" the court.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fast, free internet is rolling out on planes around the world, and travelers are finding it hard to resist the temptation to hop on a work Zoom or FaceTime a loved one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

A diverse microbiome is generally better able to resist the expansion of harmful pathogens.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

And even fat, soft Solla, who made sweet toffees and cakes and never could resist his own cooking, had struggled to his feet.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

The father resists but the son is now curious.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Eve resists scream-queen clichés, but Gemma’s boringly typical tortured backstory is as flat as her wan chemistry with Nick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Writing is thinking made visible: The sentence that resists you does so because the thought inside it is unfinished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The HV measurement refers to Vickers hardness, a test that evaluates how strongly a material resists being indented by a hard tip.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

It floats because ice on a pond is flat, and the water resists its sinking.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

I’ll admit that as a stubborn, refined sugar traditionalist, I’ve long resisted the shift away from the Reese’s cups, M&Ms and gummy bears of my cavity-toothed youth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Zakhavko and her husband had resisted leaving Oleshky in large part because they didn’t want to abandon her parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Binghamton largely resisted the effects of the depression.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

During court, both sides also resisted the judge's request to decide a potential retrial date, arguing that important legal questions still need to be decided first.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

When Mr. Carter resisted the union’s attempts to organize, the union ordered a strike.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

She is filming the scene in a busy Baghdad street on her phone, and the camera captures him resisting her attempts to open the door as she confronts him.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

They also reported poorer sleep, a stronger desire for continuous stimulation, and greater difficulty resisting the urge to immediately check their phones or act on impulses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Then, beginning in August, software stocks, semiconductors and the megacaps started moving higher in unison, as investors saw the tech sector as the best bet for resisting the pull of rising interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The entire Crace clan is resisting Susan’s nosing about, imperiling the brand and jeopardizing the Netflix deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Tree-ear trotted to the door, resisting the impulse to snatch the parcel from her.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park