stubbornly

He stubbornly refused to face reality and listen to Democratic voters who kept telling pollsters they desired a spryer candidate.

This latest El Niño phase began in mid-2023 and ended around April 2024, but temperatures have remained stubbornly high since.

Whomever voters send to Sacramento in 2026 will face a long list of major issues, including homelessness, the rising cost of housing, concerns about crime and an unemployment rate that remains stubbornly higher than the national average.

A recalcitrant Congress refused to pursue systemic reform, state and local governments were quickly overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the new arrivals, and Biden stubbornly refused to use emergency powers to unlock the requisite resources to manage the crisis.

But the 81-year-old president stubbornly refused to acknowledge his physical and cognitive decline and didn’t bow out of the race until it was too late for the party to conduct a healthy replacement process.