resistant

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Patients with resistant hypertension face a higher risk of serious cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and heart failure.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

At the end of the Ashes, McCullum appeared resistant to having change imposed on him, and Key said he does not want the coach to lose his "authenticity".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

But another resistant user -- Natasha, 48 -- shows the general feeling of resignation when it comes to the future of the app in Russia.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Now, he was advising HPE—and Slater and her team had proved resistant to the settlement terms he proposed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Over the eons of unhurried time that is nature’s, life reached an adjustment with destructive forces as selection weeded out the less adaptable and only the most resistant survived.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson