resort

Example Sentences

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The insurer of last resort, operated and backed by the state’s licensed home insurers, has seen its rolls skyrocket as member insurers have dropped policyholders in wildfire-prone neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times

Some have even resorted to pitching tents inside hotel rooms to avoid being filmed.

From BBC

The key to their success: Making it much easier for Main Street investors with stock trading accounts to buy the digital asset without resorting to complicated funds or a special account at a crypto brokerage.

From Barron's

Price increases are a last resort, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Paying ransom is illegal in Nigeria, but the government is suspected of resorting to it regularly.

From Barron's