obstreperous
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The backlash in the obstreperous legislature prompted his resignation a day later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
"Exacerbating defendants' obstreperous conduct is their continued reliance on bogus arguments in papers and oral argument," Engoron wrote in the filing.
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2023
The judge also sanctioned the defendants' lawyers for making "preposterous" legal arguments and fueling their clients' "obstreperous" conduct.
From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023
But even before the classified documents became news, some members of the usually obstreperous and rarely satisfied press corps privately grumbled that, unlike Psaki, Jean-Pierre doesn’t always know what’s going on in Biden’s White House.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023
Knowing that the horse, when forced, tended to become obstreperous, Pollard may have decided to err on the side of caution and advise Workman to withhold the whip.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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