stubborn
Example Sentences
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Yet even as researchers have discovered increasingly capable two-dimensional semiconductor materials, one stubborn engineering problem has remained.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
That’s just the opposite of the stubborn bullishness that is the sentiment hallmark of a bull-market top.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
A client stubborn enough to keep fighting into his 80s.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Call it kitsch or outright ghastliness, but it’s all in defiance of a simple, stubborn truth: Death cannot be overcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Once in possession of the diary, the ink proved more stubborn than I expected. Again, you have provided a solution when I had nearly given up.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing stubborn
The Cay
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"What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?" Vocabulary from the short story
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Inside Out & Back Again
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