How to Use take a stand in a Sentence

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  • But the case is likely to increase pressure on the high court, as well as state courts, to take a stand.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Fat Joe is the latest to take a stand against the lack of price transparency in healthcare.
    — Jade Gomez, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • That set the stage for the convention, at which moderates planned to take a stand.
    — Marsha E. Barrett / Made By History, TIME, 15 July 2024
  • In the Thirties, leftists had pushed the guild to take a stand on such issues as the Spanish Civil War.
    — Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Sweeney, who wore a Marine veteran's hat, beseeched the group to take a stand.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The lengthy mobilizations with no clear end in sight have led a growing group of women to take a stand.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024
  • To take a stand at this World Cup has become an act of subversiveness.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2022
  • For companies that take a stand, the benefits are clear.
    — Leeatt Rothschild, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • That didn't sit right with us since, from the beginning, it's always been our value to take a stand against the tampon tax.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Or whether employees from red states even want their employers to take a stand.
    — New York Times, 7 May 2022
  • Why wouldn’t the United States take a stand for one of the movement’s representatives?
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • These artists transform garbage into garb to take a stand 4 eco-friendly ways to keep pests out of your yard Forests as 'carbon offsets'?
    — Environment, 10 May 2022
  • Mahra is hardly the first female relative of Sheikh Mohammed to take a stand that counters the emirate’s norms.
    — Anika Arora Seth, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • In 2009, William & Mary’s board did acknowledge that the college had failed to take a stand against segregation during the Jim Crow era.
    — Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, governments around the world should take a stand on this matter of principle.
    — Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Skinner then implored Biles — widely considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time — to take a stand against the bullies.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The marathon aims to raise awareness about mental illness and addiction and take a stand against mental health stigmas.
    — Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The Morning Consult question is about whether companies should take a stand, not about the programs themselves.
    — Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
  • One company promising to take a stand against these fraudsters is Bureau.
    — David Prosser, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In the early years of the Trump presidency, Peterson would call her lawmakers from the car to object to Trump’s policies and plead with them to take a stand.
    — Sarah Ellison and Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Fence-sitting nations are being cajoled and pressured to take a stand against Moscow.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Surveys show that a large majority of young people want brands to take a stand on social issues.
    — Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Netanyahu declined for several weeks to take a stand on Ben Gvir’s proposals.
    — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The Senate has scheduled a procedural vote for the bill on Thursday, which will force lawmakers to take a stand on the issue ahead of November.
    — Jessica Dickler,kate Dore, Cfp®,ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 31 July 2024
  • But she also has been criticized as too cautious and unwilling to take a stand on hot-button issues.
    — Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
  • But the authors of this plan had decided to take a stand against the sort of real estate speculation that strangles supply and drives up housing prices.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Fairley, currently a professor from practice at the University of Chicago Law School, said that now is the moment to take a stand.
    — Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Whatever the cause, and however feeble, watching Ben and Louise take a stand was a satisfying update for McNairy, who's a fan of the 2022 version.
    — Mike Miller, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024
  • That’s why Tagovailoa needs to take a stand and watch, instead of participating in training camp’s practices.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 July 2024
  • Robert Smith is far from the first musician to take a stand against Ticketmaster, but his desire to advocate for concertgoers goes back to 1978.
    — Jade Gomez, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024

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