insistent
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Survival has its own language—quieter than we expect, but no less insistent.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
We’ll take that over the insistent blandness and flatlining performances that “The Faithful” is serving.
From Salon • 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
Her eyes grew wider, more full of horror, or loathing, and she didn’t seem to be aware of him or of Lyra anymore, just of that insistent whisper through the coal silk at her side.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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