resist
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How do you resist the seduction of a system that sounds like it knows everything?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Having Deborah decide to prolong her life with chemo because she could not resist mining this final seam of comedic gold was a coup de grace.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
But to resist chilling effects and their dangers over the long term, this would have to be the norm, not the exception.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
With a crack at the Champions League just one play-off tie away - and having answered Celtic's call three times in his career - could O'Neill really resist a fourth and final spell?
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Still, he couldn’t resist the comforts of the warm beverage, and, plagued by the insatiable thirst of his displaced soul, he took a sip.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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