stand up to
Example Sentences
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“I always tell the Brits that if they truly believe in the special relationship, it’s their obligation to talk truth to power, to stand up to us when we’re making a bad decision,” Ellehuus said.
Software firms need to prove they can stand up to AI competition with their own product offerings.
From Barron's
He recalled how one of his teachers made him stand up to update his entire class on the case only days after the murder.
From BBC
Software firms may be able to get back into Wall Street’s good graces by proving they can stand up to AI competition with their own product offerings.
From Barron's
So what we have seen is a complete destruction of local media—it has vanished, and while we do have a few remaining strong national media outlets, it is even more imperative that these big, profitable media organizations go to court, fight the fights, and stand up to the administration to make sure that we have good, strong legal precedent, because those local, smaller, even regional news outlets need that.
From Slate
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