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Yet army troops proved unable or unwilling to protect the local population, offering little resistance and resorting to airstrikes on Aleppo — moves that are unlikely to endear the government to the local population.

So Musk is resorting to online harassment, hoping to feel powerful by bullying people into quitting, since he can't get rid of them.

As a bonus, it can be done without resorting to annoying "how dare they" tweeting, which can backfire by reminding Republicans of the common enemy they wish to defeat.

A Southern California couple who lost their French bulldog have gone to great lengths over the last two months to find the pooch, resorting to bloodhounds, animal psychics, cash rewards and door-to-door canvasing.

In a statement on Monday, she defended the IOM's ability to carry out the investigation but said that "given the particular circumstances," she did not object to "exceptionally resorting to an external investigation".