resort to
phrasal 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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When Russia targets other European neighbors, though, the West resorts to its own euphemisms to avoid directly acknowledging what Putin is doing.
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Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Most businesses resort to a sort of whack-a-mole operation—manually identifying and addressing excess spend in a never-ending game of catch-up.
—Jyoti Bansal, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
As RuPaul’s Drag Race starts its next season with increasing grandiosity, competitors are increasingly resorting to extreme financial measures to serve looks on the runway, as one current contestant has just divulged.
—James Factora, Them, 8 Jan. 2025
The bobbleheads are officially licensed by Margaritaville Enterprises, Buffett’s company that markets his brands, from hotels and resorts to music and clothing and restaurants and their cheeseburgers in paradise.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Most businesses resort to a sort of whack-a-mole operation—manually identifying and addressing excess spend in a never-ending game of catch-up.
—Jyoti Bansal, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
As RuPaul’s Drag Race starts its next season with increasing grandiosity, competitors are increasingly resorting to extreme financial measures to serve looks on the runway, as one current contestant has just divulged.
—James Factora, Them, 8 Jan. 2025
The bobbleheads are officially licensed by Margaritaville Enterprises, Buffett’s company that markets his brands, from hotels and resorts to music and clothing and restaurants and their cheeseburgers in paradise.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Resort to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resort%20to. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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