Tax authorities that required the company to pay out the amount due faced vigorous resistance in court.

In practice their Imperialism resolves itself into a vigorous resistance to taxation and an ill-concealed hostility to education.

But such actions were justified, Murray argued, in light of the vigorous resistance to the union displayed by steelmakers.

There was some vigorous resistance to the first settlers, but the indigenous population dramatically decreased in the late 1800s, mainly due to disease.

Kuchum is particularly noted for the vigorous resistance he gave to the Russian invaders.

I'd say it's a racing certainty that we'll see far more vigorous resistance from the citizens of Spain and Portugal when their turn comes.

French with his attenuated force found so vigorous a resistance on Monday and Tuesday that he was hard put to it to hold his own.

Startled at this vigorous resistance, the harpies let go.

Despite vigorous resistance, the Itaskians broke through to the ladders.

Even then it had to overcome vigorous resistance from its own apparatchiks.