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How could Mom and Dad object to or, indeed, resist these old-fashioned almond-hazelnut cookies?

One niche that plays a central role in creating new blood cells lies near the bone surface and is linked to blood cancer's ability to resist treatment.

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McMillon noted that the firm was working to resist "upward pressure on our cost of goods," and said in an earlier statement that e-commerce was a "bright spot" this quarter, growing 27 percent globally.

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Though she moved from New York three years ago, she resists calling herself an Angeleno — partly, she admits, because she never learned to drive despite growing up in Orange County.

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The more the president resisted the documents’ release, the more Americans thought he was hiding something.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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