resort to
verb
resorted to; resorting to; resorts to
: to do or use (something) especially because no other choices are possible
He had to resort to asking his parents for money.
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After the particularly disturbing Game 3 loss, when the Avs lost for only the second time in 76 playoff games when leading by three goals, Colorado resorted to whimpering.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Naturally, the girls resort to a medium to speak to Evelyn and find out what happened.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Funniest moment of the season The sight of a flustered Amorim in the Grimsby rain resorting to a mini-tactics board to figure out how to best deal with the League Two side generated a lot of laughter, but not from United fans.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Yet, there is a certain appeal to these kinds of whodunits, which focus more on the thrill of investigation without resorting to grisly sensationalism.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Naturally, the girls resort to a medium to speak to Evelyn and find out what happened.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Funniest moment of the season The sight of a flustered Amorim in the Grimsby rain resorting to a mini-tactics board to figure out how to best deal with the League Two side generated a lot of laughter, but not from United fans.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Yet, there is a certain appeal to these kinds of whodunits, which focus more on the thrill of investigation without resorting to grisly sensationalism.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
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“Resort to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resort%20to. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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