insist on
Example Sentences
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Those choices will matter to a traumatized society whose members will insist on having a say in the decisions.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
U.S. officials have also been briefing that all the “nuclear dust” must go, but would they retain the leverage to insist on that?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
The paradox arises only if we insist on describing horizons using a single, one-sided arrow of time extrapolated to infinity — an assumption quantum mechanics itself does not require.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Investing is hard, but many make it harder because they insist on being their worst enemy.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Why must his mother insist on his attending court?
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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