intransigent
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Another officer shouted at intransigent groups, "Let’s go! We are evacuating! Start moving!"
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
It’s both a possibly sophisticated performance enhancer and the scourge of picky eaters, brand new to elite endurance athletes, but all too familiar to generations of intransigent five-year-olds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
David Strover, head of Trading Standards, said: "We repeatedly advised this business to amend their labelling, but they were intransigent and failed to act on our advice."
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
Decency and sanity demand that we address these catastrophes, however massive and intransigent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024
He had scolded Ifemelu as a child for being recalcitrant, mutinous, intransigent, words that made her little actions seem epic and almost prideworthy.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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