stubborn
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“I feel incredibly lucky to have shared the past decade with such a brilliant, complicated, funny, stubborn, and wonderful man,” Vera added in her caption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
A small device that delivers gentle electrical pulses through the ear could offer a new approach to treating stubborn high blood pressure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Combined with stubborn inflation, that could mean added pressure on borrowing costs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Sitting behind the wheel, on our way to the town of Hólmavík, I carefully dodged stubborn sheep who roamed the roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
But he wasn’t just doing it to be stubborn and thumb his nose at the town.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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