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resist
verb as in withstand, oppose
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Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
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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