stand up to
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“You think you’re gonna stand up to them, but it’s different when it happens,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Stand Up to Racism counter-protesters were significantly outnumbered outside the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council offices.
From BBC
A prominent French anti-drugs campaigner whose brother was killed by drugs criminals last week, five years after the murder of his elder brother, has vowed to stand up to intimidation and "keep telling the truth about drugs violence".
From BBC
To see 12 Washingtonians bravely stand up to that—it was one of the greatest acts of resistance to the regime that you could imagine.
From Slate
The Scottish Greens abstained, saying it fell far short of what Scotland needed – and accusing the SNP of failing to stand up to landed elites.
From BBC
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