Instance
Resort to
Resort to verb - To use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage.
Both terms in one sentence
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One notable instance of pummeling happens with Frank, who's so durable Ip had to resort to this.
Source: Film / Ip Man - The printing press, for instance, was repeatedly independently discovered, and despite their best efforts the "gods" had to resort to using nuclear weapons against regions where forbidden technologies had become entrenched.
Source: Medieval Stasis -
Amusingly, or perhaps bizarrely, all but Ravenclaw start making fun of him when he gets worried about the implications of Parseltongue, in ways that have nothing to do with moral arguments (for instance Hufflepuff starts insisting he resort to cannibalism).
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