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That Sybylla does, in fact, resist, choosing independence over love and the possibility of perennial pillow fights, makes “My Brilliant Career” so daring and thrilling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

You can choose to resist or accept, but you will likely end up paying taxes on your Social Security benefits.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

Cuba has repeatedly said its political model is not up for discussion and vowed to resist any invasion militarily.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Keen eight-year-old fan Wren was not supposed to be up for England's late-night fixture, but mum Jess Clark told the BBC she couldn't resist waking him to celebrate.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

It was really hard to resist the urge to run out sobbing to Mom and Dad.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Indeed, one of the striking features of the majority opinion is how persistently it resists artificial distinctions.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

Which isn’t to say that Gibbard entirely resists placing blame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

The goal: to build digital ecosystems that ensure Europe retains control over services and data, and resists foreign interference.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

The epic resists resolution, and Mr. Armitage honors that resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

She resists it, getting up as usual, putting her hand on the wall or on the edges of the furniture as she walks, standing hunched over at the kitchen sink, a cardigan over her shoulders.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

They had resisted moving partly because they didn’t want to trade in their mortgage for one with a much higher rate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Washington notes that late adopters who once resisted online banking and mobile apps are finally getting comfortable with digital payments.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Under owner Arte Moreno, the Angels have resisted rebuilding, preferring to add lower-tier free agents and rush college players to the major leagues in an effort to field a competitive roster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

So far on their tour of Ireland and England, India have resisted handing a debut to 15-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Prosecutors in many places resisted retroactive application of the Court's decision in Miller v.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

"He's resisting that entirely, but because he's resisting it, he's not part of that particular debate in terms of developing new ideas," Shea said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Dwight Eisenhower showed it in moments of crisis, resisting pressure for rash military action and instead relying on coalition-building and careful deliberation during the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

It challenges the long standing idea that animals inherited a single core antiviral system from a common ancestor and instead points to multiple evolutionary solutions for resisting viral infections.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026

I noted the fatherly tone — and realized I probably seemed wasteful for resisting the chilly stream during a drought.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Some people personalize events excessively, resisting an external perspective, and since numbers and an impersonal view of the world are intimately related, this resistance contributes to an almost willful innumeracy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos