resistance

Example Sentences

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KYIV, Ukraine—It was late January, and an elite Ukrainian team grabbed their tools for a special operation critical to their country’s resistance against Russia: an underwater drone, a hammer and a chisel.

From The Wall Street Journal

The resistance held, but only for so long.

From BBC

At the funeral for one of the last leaders of Kenya's Mau Mau resistance movement on Saturday, his daughter is bitter: he fought to liberate a country that never thanked him.

From Barron's

In the decades since, films challenging social norms or scrutinising institutions have more often faced resistance from the censors.

From BBC

Let’s hope that we can knock over that house of cards with peace walks and other forms of calm, resolute resistance.

From Salon