make a stand
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In their current negotiations with Notre Dame — their contract expired this fall — USC needs to use its leverage and make a stand.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025
If they are willing to make a stand, there is plenty of work to do, he added.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025
Tim says the people of Merseyside must continue to make a stand against violent and gang crime in 2024.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023
Robert Hanus, another of the vigil’s attendees said, that everybody should come together to make a stand against the attack.
From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023
There was some one-inch-wide aluminum tubing under the back porch that Dad had brought home from the mine to make a stand for Mom’s bird feeders.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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