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The backlash in the obstreperous legislature prompted his resignation a day later.

Even at 77, he is no more than an obstreperous child, and an unhinged and dangerous one at that.

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The next day, he remembered nothing but feeling remorseful — he knew from experience that he was a mean, obstreperous drunk.

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She voted for Joe Biden, not because she was particularly thrilled with the Democrat but because he wasn’t the obstreperous incumbent.

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"Exacerbating defendants' obstreperous conduct is their continued reliance on bogus arguments in papers and oral argument," Engoron wrote in the filing.

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