Resist or confront with resistance.
Elude, especially in a baffling way.
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Examples for "hold "
1 So far so good, but the situation couldn't hold stable for long.
2 The other sector will hold GEMS' assets in Europe and north America.
3 Ms Yingluck said she will hold new elections as soon as possible.
4 The main problem is not other countries wanting to hold EU referendums.
5 However, pasteurization can be done at lower temperatures, given longer hold times.
1 The tests try to determine how banks would withstand another financial crisis.
2 The question is, can emerging markets withstand a severe U.S. economic downturn?
3 It may simply not be in a position to withstand higher rates.
4 But so far it's looking like it can hardly withstand two days.
5 No force in the government can withstand this, in the long run.
1 How does the usual advice hold up in the present financial crisis?
2 In Far Cry 5, the experience doesn't even hold up that far.
3 In rare cases, the agency can hold up approvals or seize products.
4 The Hunger Games will probably hold up very well in future weeks.
5 Others gathered on school grounds to hold up sheets of blank paper.
1 Then consider the Scottish National party, which continues to defy political logic.
2 Asset prices often do strange things in ways that defy rational explanation.
3 Human rights groups, however, were outraged that Bashir could openly defy arrest.
4 The new London School of Economics student centre seems to defy gravity.
5 Petraeus said they did not have to defy all those risk factors.
6 Such verbal gymnastics defy common sense, even if HMRC has been satisfied.
7 I believe that I could defy all the Tirettas in the world.
8 The one will taunt, the other defy ; one aggresses, the other retaliates.
9 But courts have never given presidents absolute authority to defy congressional subpoenas.
10 Then she came to a lad whose work appeared to defy description.
11 The joint interest of the Earl and the Mowbrays would defy opposition.
12 For a moment he thought the maester was going to defy him.
13 Many defy curfews in several cities, but the demonstrations are largely peaceful.
14 The complicated headdress and the ornaments on the robes utterly defy description.
15 This summer, however, the now 22-year-old is starting to defy that reputation.
16 It empowered individuals to defy authority when it crossed a certain line.
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