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Now, the harder you push against the needle, the closer you get to the nociceptor threshold.
We resist, we go against it.
The anti-hero openly challenges society, and tries to fight against the lies and tactics used to oppress the populace.
No heroic triumph here, no brave individual standing up against impersonal institutions of a modern world, inspiring others to fight, or resourcefully outwitting and outgunning the massive army of the evil empire.
Because you're up against companies that have hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, essentially.
And we call B "the Scrapper," the one who had to fight against tremendous odds to get to the same point.
Or it may signal a committed struggle against obstacles.
To be clear, I don't hold anything against the Silver Spoon; getting into and graduating from an elite university takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice.
In spite of everything and against tremendous odds, they succeeded.
And somebody took the pistol and bullet and put it against my temple.
I read, for example, about the Southern African king Ngungunhane, who led the resistance against the Portuguese in the 19th century; and about marriage rituals in a remote village on the shores of the Caspian sea in Turkmenistan.
World War II was a tremendous incentive to arm ourselves in a war against fish.
Imagine yourself standing on a beach, looking out over the ocean, waves crashing against the shore, blue as far as your eyes can see.
And what kind of super socks and super shoes is he putting on his feet to withstand all the friction that results from dragging his 5,400 pound body against the road when he runs?
When we move past these things in the air, we're rubbing against them and creating a lot of friction, which results in heat.
So, that means running requires having a ground to push off from, and the ground pushes back against the runner's foot.
When we run, we move forward by pushing against the ground with our feet and the ground pushes back, propelling us forward.
When we move our limbs to push back against the water, a part of the water molecules can just slide past one another instead of pushing back.
Imagine running up against a language with eggru and gat on the one hand, and then with other words, all you have to do is add 's' and get days and stones.
That superlative goes to the V-2 rocket used by Germany in missile attacks against Allied cities as a last-ditch effort in the final years of World War II.
Third, the seasons are conspiring against the Antarctic.
Do they constitute war crimes against humanity?
And it's just telling them, "You are right, we are against you."
AG: [I believe] it was on purpose, because part of the strategies of Daesh is against refugees, because they see refugees as people that should be with the caliphate and are fleeing to the crusaders.
And the land area of the city was further restricted by the need for walls to defend against attacks.
Picture yourself in a tub of molasses with your arms moving about as slow as the minute hand of a clock, and you'd have a pretty good idea of what a sperm is up against.
That's because they change, and change has a way of working against order, just like in a living room or on a bookshelf.
Unlike in "R.U.R.", though, our robots haven't risen up against us, and here's hoping it stays that way! Oh, excuse me!
On January 14, 2011, Ben Ali fled out of Tunisia after mounting protests against his regime.
I posted an event on Facebook and called it "A Revolution against Corruption, Injustice and Dictatorship."
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