stubborn

In Sacramento, Newsom and legislative Democrats are taking a similar tack, with a stubborn focus on affordability and the courage to stare down opposition, even in their own coalition.

They can be as stubborn as they are smart, and they might think their idea is better than yours.

“Being a typical stubborn physician, I just kept writing it off,” he said.

But he also believes some domestic policy decisions have "perhaps inadvertently" created a more "stubborn inflation situation" here in the UK "probably more so than in other developed countries."

I’m a 5-foot-10 English major who, despite thousands of salads and ab crunches, has yet to lose the stubborn lower belly fat that prevents me from having fun at pool parties.