effective resistance
Americannoun
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Another important shift in the recommendations is the recognition that effective resistance training does not require access to a gym.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
To avoid that fate, we must mount sustained and effective resistance in each of those domains.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
Those dynamics would suggest that organizations like Wikipedia will be forced to adapt to the future that A.I. has begun to create, rather than exert influence over A.I. or mount an effective resistance to it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
But the excitement of fans who hadn’t heard “Bulls on Parade” live since Rage last performed five years ago shouldn’t be taken as an indication that the song’s anti-authoritarian message was marshaling an effective resistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2016
The opponents of the Covenant fled from the city, and Huntly, the leader of the Royalists, felt unable to offer effective resistance.
From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by Willcock, John
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