resistant
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Competition in the market for drugs to treat ovarian cancer resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy is heating up, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Companies say their customers are resistant to further price increases and are being cautious on how much they order.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
And finally, they’ll examine why the UK and Europe are still so resistant to air conditioning despite being plagued by deadly heatwaves.
From Slate • May 30, 2026
“So the more we plant native trees, the more we’ll be resistant to things like the events of 2025,” he told attendees.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
A culture showed that the bacilli from his body were resistant to all four of the drugs he’d been given, and to one other first-line antibiotic as well.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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