stubborn

Example Sentences

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Food, beverage, and restaurant stocks limped through much of 2025, weighed down by a stubborn mix of inflation, weakening demand, and policy uncertainty.

From Barron's

The Fed held interest rates steady at elevated levels for most of 2025 to address a stubborn pace of rising prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

The stubborn squash that won’t soften, the freezer-end chicken that smells faintly metallic, the limp carrot you almost tossed: time, heat and gentle attention coax them into flavor, texture and presence.

From Salon

The results, published recently in Advanced Materials, represent a meaningful advance against one of the most stubborn pollution threats worldwide.

From Science Daily

Hudson encourages the audience to use Claire’s stubborn buoyancy and perky accent as a life raft when Lightning & Thunder are deluged by extremely bad luck.

From Los Angeles Times