resorting
- present participle of resort.
Example Sentences
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But instead, while some players recognised it as the team simply resorting to clearing their lines and regrouping their shape in defence – it was a tactic some didn't agree with.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Let’s be clear: Private planes do pay fees at airports without resorting to use of ADS-B.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Customer-service operations still rely heavily on underpaid and poorly trained humans, leading to general dissatisfaction across all service metrics, including wait times and repeat calls, with consumers increasingly resorting to equally unsatisfactory self-service alternatives.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Malaysia is resorting to cloud seeding to bring much-needed rain to the country's "rice bowl" north, where a drought has delayed planting of the staple crop and raised supply fears.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
“So now we’re resorting to fortune cookie wisdom? Like that’s going to help put food in our kids’ mouths?”
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
