insistent
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Survival has its own language—quieter than we expect, but no less insistent.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
The allegations were insistent enough for the president of the province of Prussia to bring the matter to the attention of the minister of clerical affairs and culture in Berlin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
"Even when safeguards are in place, it has been proven relatively easy to bypass these if someone is insistent enough on doing so," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
After meeting bassist Robbie Shakespeare in 1972, the pair built distinct rhythms such as the insistent “Rockers” groove that bolstered canonical reggae tracks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
The missing gold, the wine Gebu wanted but never drank, the grinning Babylonian with his sharp glance and his soft, insistent questions, all fitted into a picture too clear to doubt.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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