resistance

Example Sentences

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Improving momentum and a constructive trend suggest the path of least resistance may be higher if current levels hold.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

During her earlier confinement, Aung San Suu Kyi's dignified, non-violent resistance won her admirers across Myanmar and around the world, and she famously made speeches to supporters from her family home.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

In spite of their initial resistance, Didion’s writing pulls buried recollections to the surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

But Britain’s postwar efforts to recoup the financial costs of victory led to the program of American taxation that prompted resistance, then outright rebellion in 1775.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

While this circumstance is horribly unfortunate for them, it does create important opportunities for a multiracial, bottom-up resistance movement, one in which people of all races can claim a clear stake.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander