insistence

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Despite his insistence that he was healthy fairly soon after he suffered a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise March 15, Antetokounmpo didn’t play in the last 15 games of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Experienced negotiators might have tried to use this insistence as the basis for demanding other compromises.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Iran's approach has also imposed limitations, especially in its insistence that the negotiations mainly be conducted indirectly, through Oman, their trusted mediator.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

If America were to abandon its insistence on secure navigation in international waters, it would reverse U.S. foreign and security policy since the maritime Quasi-War with France in 1798.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But all that was required to abolish this conceptual scheme was an insistence on direct as opposed to indirect experience.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton