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Recent Examples of resistible But, in the second-to-last week of 1977, resistible force met movable object. —
Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025 Probably because, for many voters, The Whale was all too resistible. —Vulture, 10 Mar. 2023 Yet the resistible force is about to meet the movable object given Cincinnati has surrendered 127.3 yards per game and 5.9 per carry in the playoffs. —Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2022 He’s played by Jude Hill, an endearing young actor with outsize ardor who’s resistible only during two or three moments when Mr. Branagh, understandably enchanted, dotes on him in close-ups that are a bit too close and a bit too long. —Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2021 This is a case of very resistible force meets immovable object. —Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2020 In that, Tuesday’s game sets up to be a classic collision between a moveable object and a resistible force. —Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Jan. 2018 The mini-banshees, which sell for $50, were resistible to Jeff Lange, who visited during a Pandora preview for annual passholders. —Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 May 2017
Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025 Probably because, for many voters, The Whale was all too resistible. —Vulture, 10 Mar. 2023 Yet the resistible force is about to meet the movable object given Cincinnati has surrendered 127.3 yards per game and 5.9 per carry in the playoffs. —Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2022 He’s played by Jude Hill, an endearing young actor with outsize ardor who’s resistible only during two or three moments when Mr. Branagh, understandably enchanted, dotes on him in close-ups that are a bit too close and a bit too long. —Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2021 This is a case of very resistible force meets immovable object. —Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2020 In that, Tuesday’s game sets up to be a classic collision between a moveable object and a resistible force. —Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Jan. 2018 The mini-banshees, which sell for $50, were resistible to Jeff Lange, who visited during a Pandora preview for annual passholders. —Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 May 2017
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Digital ethics expert Davi Ottenheimer argued that the presentation evoked both blackface and the fantasy of a controllable Black servant.— Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
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The agency blames its controllable losses in part to the six-day-per-week universal service obligation.— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2026
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But Bubic settled in and kept the deficit manageable while relying on his offense to chip away at the plate.— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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Romvari is just getting started in her career, while still determined to keep her expectations manageable — her gaze fixated squarely on creating and improving.— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Resistible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/resistible. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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