tenacity
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During the summer of 2018, “an adult male intruder showed up to the nest and with great tenacity, refused to leave,” wrote Friends of Big Bear Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Washed up on a rock in the Atlantic after a naval disaster, Christopher Martin clings to life with ferocious tenacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Live by two words: tenacity and gratitude. Tenacity will get you where you want to go, and gratitude will make you enjoy the journey, no matter how bumpy.”
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
That leaves an opening for Robinson, whose desirable attributes include his height and tenacity, to return to the fold as England's attack leader.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
It was his one remaining point of reference and he clung to it with a fierce Pavlovian tenacity, partly through habit and partly because he had nothing with which to replace it.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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