rigidity
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Bobo Lo, former deputy head of mission at the Australian Embassy in Moscow, says it is this strategic flexibility, rather than the rigidity of a military alliance, that gives the partnership resilience.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
While Cal resists this parental rigidity, the two do share something fundamental that threatens their community’s long-held foundations.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
In “Tojo,” Mr. Mauch shows how one man’s discipline and ideological rigidity helped steer a nation into a war it was unprepared to fight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Colorectal cancer cells grown on stiffer surfaces multiplied more quickly and increased rigidity further.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026
She nodded but didn’t look at me, and I could tell from the rigidity of the muscles beneath my hand that I hadn’t convinced her in the slightest.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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