intransigent
Example Sentences
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It’s both a possibly sophisticated performance enhancer and the scourge of picky eaters, brand new to elite endurance athletes, but all too familiar to generations of intransigent five-year-olds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Did Bill Belichick, a 73-year-old intransigent, forever controlling-the-narrative football coach with a record six Super Bowl titles, seemingly cede the reins to his girlfriend, 24-year-old former cheerleader Jordon Hudson?
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
David Strover, head of Trading Standards, said: "We repeatedly advised this business to amend their labelling, but they were intransigent and failed to act on our advice."
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024
When taken in the context of global conflicts and hardening borders, the title seems a provocation against intransigent governments — at the very least a prod to consider our shared humanity.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024
“Can you imagine what I’m going through ?” General Dreedle could be as intransigent with anyone else when displeased as he was with Colonel Moodus.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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