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The phrase "are being resisted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where something is currently facing opposition or is not being accepted.
Example: "The new policies are being resisted by a significant portion of the staff, leading to ongoing discussions about their implementation."
Alternatives: "are facing resistance" or "are encountering opposition".
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But the 2011 slates offer enough cheering examples that childishness and sequels are being resisted.
But the biggest obstacle seems to be his demand for tighter restrictions, which are being resisted fiercely by a bloc of senators who support abortion rights.
Google's plans to build housing on its Mountain View campus in Silicon Valley are being resisted on the ground that residents might keep pets, which could harm the local owl population.
"Ministers feel they are being resisted or blocked, officials feel they are being unfairly blamed or scapegoated...An inability to learn from systemic failures is leading to this breakdown of trust between ministers and officials".
The Ministry of Defence's budget is being cut by about 8% between 2010 and 2014 and further cuts to defence spending after the next election are being resisted by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, as well as Tory backbenchers.
But at the same time, efforts to really bring emissions under control are being resisted.
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Resistance separates, isolates, and finally crystallizes whatever is being resisted.
In fact, such unconscious resistance is actually a kind of reverse identification with whatever is being resisted -- including what we fear!
That is being resisted.
This is being resisted by Downing Street.
That was being resisted by Berlin.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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