resistive
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“Deputy Kirk used a level of force that deputies across this country are trained and authorized to use when taking a resistive suspect into custody,” Wilson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
This proof-of-concept study showed that applying resistive forces about one hip joint and assistive forces about the other with their exoskeleton mimicked the effects of split-belt treadmill training in neurologically intact individuals.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
The team’s array of seafloor electrodes, sensitive to the conductivity of water, captured a subducting seamount that appeared to have a conductive interior covered by a thin resistive crust.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2023
"If we start building communities and structures out of materials more resistive to fire, we are upping our odds of success — we've got to do something different and do it better."
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2022
Usually, even when she got less resistive towards the end, she was essentially apathetic.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
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