insistence
Example Sentences
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The pope’s insistence on coming to Lebanon, Farah said, was “re-centering the importance of this country” and a “wake-up call” for its politicians.
From Los Angeles Times
He brought to his interpretation a moving blend of guilt over his past behavior and a quiet insistence on the love and admiration he has always felt—if rarely expressed.
In several interviews released before “Pluribus” debuted, Gilligan repeats an insistence common to storytellers whose work happens to meet the prevailing sentiments of a specific moment.
From Salon
That included a record surge of Venezuelans who rushed the border, defying Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s insistence that his new “parole” program for Venezuelans, Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans had solved the situation.
From Washington Times
Despite her insistence that she’s doing better, they are unimpressed by her Pioneertown job, of which Peggy is quite proud, find her insufficiently serious or productive and threaten to withdraw their support.
From Los Angeles Times
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