insist
Example Sentences
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But the woman insisted, offered to give his mom a chain and tried to put it around her neck.
From Los Angeles Times
If you insist on a physical object, the optimal choice is something the recipient would have purchased anyway.
From a financial perspective, well-placed sources insist interested clubs are all willing to pay a very similar remuneration package to Semenyo, whose final decision will be made with an emphasis on his personal sporting ambitions.
From BBC
In an interview with the Journal in 2024, he insisted that the secret to success was his humble, consistent work ethic, not his larger-than-life public persona.
That movie never happened and Reisman died in 2012 at the age of 82, still insisting he deserved to bask in the spotlight.
From Los Angeles Times
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