resistant
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Fire hardening includes measures such as cutting back brush, installing fire resistant roofs and closing eaves to resist fire embers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
It’s more highly enriched than the uranium that most reactors use, and is encased in silicon carbide, a material considered resistant to high heat, greatly reducing the risk of meltdowns.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
For many patients, a daily pill replaced the need for a hazardous transplant, though transplantation remains an option when the disease becomes resistant to the drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
However, he added the group found about 100 elm trees in the Quantocks and has planted 430 more disease resistant elms across 38 plots of land.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Many workers have noticed the tendency of resistant flies to rest more on untreated horizontal surfaces than on treated walls.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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