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Like him, I’ve hit the so-called “pandemic wall,” a malaise characterized by a slump in productivity, a foggy mind, and in my case, a stubborn case of hives that various doctors I’ve consulted attribute to stress.

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Grieving at the way her mother, stubborn and self-sufficient all her life, spent her last confusing, unhappy days.

The large funnel end scrapes thin layers of ice off in a few simple motions, while the thinner, meat-hammer-resembling end does serious damage to stubborn ice buildup.

Other features that might better prepare you for serious winters include a brush, the unconventional “magical” scraper design, an ergonomic scraper, a heated blade for stubborn ice, and even a built-in glove.

Yalow, born Rosalyn Sussman, described herself as a “stubborn, determined child” and an avid reader who developed an interest in math and chemistry.

Some would call him stubborn for holding out on payoffs from the oil companies.

Several stubborn ideas have steered much of the discourse around health care.

His stubborn efforts to fulfill his dream have yet to pay off, but he carefully lists all the near misses.

Most importantly, the biggest issue facing the country is our stubborn, stagnant unemployment.

“I was always defiant and stubborn in everything I did,” he said late in life.

This stubborn resistance lent all the more lustre to the piety of our benignant Rulers.

He would at once become stubborn and ugly, because he is not used to our quick, nervous, impatient ways.

Billy Woodchuck soon saw that Grandfather Mole was a stubborn old fellow.

For hours the issue hung in the balance, and at last even the stubborn Lefbvre began to think of retreat.

For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.

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On this page you'll find 137 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stubborn, such as: adamant, determined, dogged, headstrong, inflexible, and intractable.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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