American forces pushed into the outskirts of Baghdad, encountering only sporadic resistance.

They met sporadic resistance from Iraqi soldiers and irregulars known as Fedayeen.

Where necessary, they engaged the sporadic resistance.

Even after the formal end of hostilities on July 4, 1902, sporadic resistance dragged on for years.

But foreign militants taking refuge in the mountain peaks continued to offer sporadic resistance.

The German forces moved rapidly, encountering only sporadic Soviet resistance.

Peasants could express no more than sporadic, localized resistance.

The brigade often met sporadic resistance and had to deal with disarming the many explosives attached to the infrastructure.

However, sporadic resistance lasted until evening, when the area was finally cleared.

There was sporadic resistance from the local population.