But Palestinian leaders have long resisted public discussions of compromise.

The union's leaders resist viewing what is happening in racial terms.

The leaders resisted, noting that there would be 49 new lawmakers in just two months.

In early action, some legislative leaders have resisted both plans.

The leaders in both parties should resist any pressures to move quickly.

For years the city's leaders resisted putting a museum in it.

It is merely a question of how long the new Chinese leaders will resist.

Perhaps the most serious, many leaders of nonprofit groups have resisted corporate-style thinking.

North Korean leaders resist inspections for fear of being caught in their lies.

Turkey's leaders had been resisting American pressure, in large part out of fear that a war would wreck the economy.