resistance

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The $40 level—which acted as a significant roadblock since January 2024 with several rejections—should now see that former resistance turn into support.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Melvin Edwards, a sculptor best known for abstract steel works that illustrated the history and resistance of African Americans, died March 30 at his Baltimore home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“As long as flows don’t recover substantially, the path of least resistance remains to the upside for oil prices,” said Giovanni Staunovo, commodity analyst at UBS.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

On Tuesday, the stock was able to rise above the lower border but remained within the resistance zone.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Two years earlier, King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” published in newspapers around the world, had been greeted as an important defense of nonviolent resistance to unjust laws.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman