tenacious
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In the end, it was another tenacious, all-around performance from the current World No. 1, who now has five major titles and doesn’t really have a hole in his game, other than fatigue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
“She had travel insurance, and it was a bit of a nightmare. They eventually paid because we were tenacious, but it took two-plus months.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
She says she has been "given courage to carry on" by the "tenacious, brave, formidable women" who attend MamaSuze.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
But more often, Moore has the grit and tenacious determination that it takes to deserve the mother title.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Then the wind began, warm, incipient, full of voices from the past, the murmurs of ancient geraniums, sighs of disenchantment that preceded the most tenacious nostalgia.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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