insistent
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Survival has its own language—quieter than we expect, but no less insistent.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
"Even when safeguards are in place, it has been proven relatively easy to bypass these if someone is insistent enough on doing so," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Yet even as the coach was roundly criticized for his handling of the situation, UCLA’s players were insistent that Cronin still had their backs.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Among the yet-to-be-solved questions surrounding “Bookish” is whether viewers will, like a 1946 London policeman, find Book insufferable, or if Mr. Gatiss and his insistent twinkle find a place in their hearts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Also there is something about where he has come from and why, where he is going and why that encourages in him an insistent, deliberate recklessness.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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