insisting

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Yet Brazil has resisted pressure to join a U.S.-led minerals bloc, insisting it will accept investment from any country willing to help develop the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

This is the Christian tradition: questioning inherited norms, unsettling comfortable hierarchies, insisting that the ethical imagination can go further than traditional society allows.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Tehran has repeatedly denied having any military ambitions, insisting on its right to the technology for civilian purposes.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

But Sheinbaum has instead closed ranks, insisting her government will not comply with the U.S. request that it extradite Rocha Moya.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

No insisting they were right and I was wrong?

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone