make a stand
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“This has got to stop, we can’t have a society that allows this to happen, we have got to make a stand, so please, no more,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“We realized if we did not make a stand we would lose it all,” Denise Norden said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025
“I just told our guys, we are going to make a stand and we are going to get better,” Carlisle said.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024
Neither have any political experience but both say they feel compelled to make a stand.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024
That ten or twenty feet of clear-cut land on either side of the road gives travelers enough warning to shake a leg or make a stand.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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