Resists

A reinforced concrete section where the concrete resists the compression and steel resists the tension can be made into almost any shape and size for the construction industry.

And even after growing into teenagehood, Chuck resists change, ensuring he remains the nuisance that fans are used to.

Asma, who has dual British and Syrian nationality, was called a "hero" who "resists American hegemony".

Despite what the aura around the book suggests, Lasch is no simple moralist, and he resists condemning the attractions of modern life in and of themselves.

Epox-It is another quality resin coating that dries hard to a finish that resists damage.

For Falick, the statistics are an important tool to help quantify something that often resists a clear definition.

Guerrilla gardening also resists the notion that land is owned by government.

Hecate nulls Fire and resists Electricity, and she gets the skill Evade Ice.

He resists the urge to play the tape again.

Mom resists “showing up” for her troubled son.

Over the course of an efficient 84 minutes, Cléo changes and resists change, she learns and rejects life lessons, she befriends and betrays.

Sometimes, he outright resists Yubaba's wishes.

Stainless steel resists corrosion and doesn’t need to be painted, eliminating a cost and the need for environmentally toxic chemical coatings.

Their exhibition at the world’s best-known museum highlights the role played by culture and heritage as Ukraine resists Russian attempts to deny both its past and present.

This literature resists narratives of the U.S. invasion as a supposedly exceptional event.

While he initially resists returning as the new public defender of the group, a supposed sign from the late Harry Stone was all it took to put Dan Fielding into his new gig on what his presumes to be a temporary basis.

While is keen to lose focus, it’s an aquatic horror movie that resists the urge to tread water, instead delivering legions of monstrous chills.

And it would soon trigger a larger debate in the orchestra world about race, tradition and how the profession welcomes, or resists, new members.

But while he Biden in their November meeting that there’s no timeline for this objective, he has also said that if Taiwan resists or drags its feet on unification, China reserves the right to use force.

Despite Dodin's overtures over the years, however, they sleep in separate bedrooms and Eugénie resists his proposals to marry — matrimony comes in distant second to the art they create together.