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For the last couple of years, pop by young women has been tacking toward resistance — to gender norms, to the male gaze, to entrenched sexism.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2016

He has been tacking indeed, and he has indeed been seeking the favour of a queen; but what man ever sought a queen's favour with a more virtuous purpose, or with as little courtly policy?

From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Stevenson, Robert Louis

He has been tacking indeed, and he has indeed been seeking the favour of a queen; but what man ever sought a queen’s favour with a more virtuous purpose, or with as little courtly policy?

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis