resistance

Example Sentences

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The sleepy seaside town of North Berwick is an unlikely setting for an underground campaign of resistance.

From BBC

Fearing higher utility costs or job losses, communities around the country have sought to block or delay new data-center projects, part of growing resistance to such projects.

From The Wall Street Journal

Faint signals of resistance can be detected from unlikely quarters.

From Salon

As Clemons explains, "Evolution is powerful, and in bacteria, resistance to antibiotics develops quickly. This means that we now deal with bacteria that are resistant to all the medicines that we have."

From Science Daily

"This is a setback, but the movement to defend people and the planet has always faced setbacks and resistance, and Energy Transfer will fail in its goal of silencing its critics."

From Barron's