adamantine

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Although in her youth Catherine had imbibed Enlightenment views about the suffering of the common people, she was pragmatic enough to leave undisturbed the adamantine ways of the Russian countryside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

To love a Scorpio, then, is to fiercely protect their softness with the same shadowy ardor that they use to construct their inner adamantine fortresses.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024

“She has this sort of adamantine presence onstage. And that weird ability that great actors have to sort of say, ‘OK, now you’re all going to feel this because I’m feeling it,’” he said.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

She arrived in the United States from India in the early 1980s, armed with a jet-black braid that fell down her back, dreams of dental school and an adamantine sense of determination.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2019

“The haunting begins at midnight,” said the girl with the adamantine chin.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston