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"fails to resist" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe an unsuccessful attempt to withstand or stop something. For example, "The security guard fails to resist the thief's attack."
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– pimentomori fails to resist the weepy Christmas ad.
In this iteration pushy blondes come on to him, and he ruefully fails to resist.
While such research shows promise, a major concern is that, occasionally, everyone fails to resist temptation.
Jacqui fails to resist Tony again and they restart their on-off relationship.
Under the present test and housing conditions, this axiom fails to resist the challenge of experimental validation.
However, it is the clever attacker U a who is deceiving C i. Like Das's scheme [ 26], the enhanced scheme by An also fails to resist user impersonation attack and server impersonation attack as described in Sections 3.3 and 3.4.
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Kiev's authority evaporated and in many places police failed to resist the rebels.
(Although, if I fail to resist temptation to spam fellow members James Blunt and Naomi Campbell, I'll be out).
He also failed to resist the temptation to blame the French strikers for creating opportunities for lorry-hopping to Dover.
CNET staff members tried and failed to resist, and later conducted a revote that resulted in the Razer Edge's being named the winner.
To fail to resist what you see as injustice simply because you fear that you cannot win the fight assures the very defeat you dread.
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