resorting (to)

present participle of resort (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resorting (to)
Verb
  • The curious rocky coast of this bay continues haunting me in the most visceral ways.
    Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Her haunting score for Chernobyl — an Emmy, BAFTA and Grammy winner — was composed entirely using on-site recordings at a nuclear power plant.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The new recommendations mean people ages 6 months and older can get Covid-19 vaccines after consulting with a qualified health care provider, which keeps the shots available but may also create more barriers to access than in past years.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The consulting firm Source echoed what the researchers were seeing in a trend report published in mid-September.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Chavarria finds that visiting offices and not being afraid to share her own story is one of the best ways to learn what her employees need.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Silence blanketed the visiting clubhouse when the doors opened to the media late Monday night.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the journals, Westman had recently broken up with a long-term partner, bought three firearms in one month, began frequenting gun ranges, and quit a job at a local marijuana dispensary.
    Curt Devine, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Gray, 19 at the time, and Knockum, 33, knew each other from frequenting a bar called Club Hollywood in the Hoffman Triangle neighborhood of New Orleans.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Resorting (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resorting%20%28to%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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