resistance

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Mursal Khalif, an MP and head of the Ministry of Defence's Child Protection Unit, says efforts to stop such recruitment can face resistance - "some even viewed it as a Western agenda".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Scientists refer to this as a Trojan horse effect, and the researchers say it may also play a role in the spread of antibiotic resistance.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

A bearish dark cloud cover candle is taking shape as shares encounter resistance at the now downward-sloping 50-week simple moving average.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“Their liquidity, scale, and outsize index weightings make them the path of least resistance, and therefore the most likely to absorb any broad-based selling or rotation,” the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

What held the column of water together was a natural force, the resistance to the creation of a vacuum, and this force was a major factor in understanding the strength of materials.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton