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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Members of Congress who were too fearful to take a stand allowed fringe elements to engage in destructive tactics that brought the government to a standstill.
    Charlie Dent, CNN, 1 May 2022
  • Nicholas Hoult stars as a put-upon underling who falls in love with a New Orleans cop (Awkwafina) and decides to take a stand against his controlling employer.
    Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2023
  • None of the four reasons listed above is dispositive; nothing guarantees that Haley will take a stand for tax disclosure.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Hopefully, the success of the Montana plaintiffs’ lawsuit will galvanize adults to follow youth climate activists’ lead and take a stand to ensure a safe and survivable existence for all.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Chapek hesitated to take a stand on the bill, drawing criticism from company employees.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Black entrepreneurs, activists, residents and developers take a stand.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023
  • Young Chinese take a stand against pressures of modern life — by lying down Lying flat calls for getting by with minimum effort, and the buzzword symbolizes a subtle, passive defiance.
    Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • Western governments should reach out to dissidents and take a stand for the rights of Chinese citizens, condemning the party’s disregard for human rights and persecution of the Chinese people.
    Chen Guangcheng, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022

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