Example Sentences

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Treasury sources said they did not recognise this account, saying there was no specific 3% plan that they were resisting.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

He and others were model, productive employees historically but were resisting the AI mandate, said Vaughan, who also leads GFI Software and Khoros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

Whatever you were celebrating — whatever you were resisting — “Break My Soul” made for the right soundtrack.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

In the late 1990s, I was kindly, patiently coaxing senior colleagues off text-based DOS terminals and onto graphics-based Windows operating systems, wondering why they were resisting change that would make their jobs easier.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

All of their minds were resisting the hidden messages, but Constance—and only Constance—could hear the Messenger’s voice.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart