resistance
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Take Back Power, which describes itself as a non‑violent civil resistance group, appears to be an offshoot of Just Stop Oil and has previously claimed responsibility for both incidents.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
But that’s not convincing either, and only partly because Carney, a former governor of the Bank of England, is a deeply strange choice as leader of the global democratic resistance.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
As the ceremony wore on, the room was as charged with celebration as it was with resistance.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Yet they acknowledge the role of such gardens as “sites of resistance to unchecked development,” rather than as barriers to much-needed new housing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Even though many of their people were fleeing, the Cherokee Nation kept up their resistance.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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