tenacity
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Even Marcus Smart, known for his competitiveness and defensive tenacity, missed his seventh straight game with right ankle soreness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
In the past decade Petrou also began channeling her professional talents and tenacity into a more-personal mission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
It’s impossible to watch “All the President’s Men” and not feel inspired by Woodward and Bernstein’s tenacity.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
I got to where I am through so much struggle, resilience and tenacity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
There was something of the Yale bulldog’s tenacity in our Wolverette, but there was elegance, too.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing tenacity
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