obdurate
Example Sentences
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But encountering “Dark” now, something else stands out: There is no way for a viewer to know for certain whether the word is really written on the underside, beneath all that obdurate tonnage.
From Los Angeles Times
None of that has immunized the lowly smelt from its most obdurate enemy: partisan folly.
From Los Angeles Times
Jordan Clark and Kemar Roach ran down the overs with an obdurate partnership before the former was bowled by Vaughan for a 47-ball duck.
From BBC
During the New Deal, the most obdurate critics of Franklin Roosevelt’s policies were Democrats — Southern Democrats, to be sure, but his party members nonetheless — while among his most loyal supporters were liberal Republicans.
From Los Angeles Times
Its leader, Wayne LaPierre, was the face of obdurate resistance to regulations on firearms.
From Seattle Times
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