tenacious
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Claudio Braga helped fire Hearts' title charge, with the tenacious Portuguese forward scoring 14 goals and providing three assists as his side fell just short on the final day.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
She leaned forward as she noted that Renee fits snugly with her repertory of tenacious roles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
But more often, Moore has the grit and tenacious determination that it takes to deserve the mother title.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
One tenacious fallacy about Shakespeare is that his speeches are always clotted with gargantuan words; Macbeth’s “multitudinous seas incarnadine” is a classic example.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
In their great, tenacious drive to succeed, perhaps Patrick saw the futility of his own struggle.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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