stubborn
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“But we are stubborn, stubborn. They can’t drive us away.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“He’s the richest man on Earth but he’s also sort of a stubborn adolescent at the same time,” Gibney says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
But Cruise’s story is also an ironic reflection of “Digger”: an undeniably ambitious project whose assuredness belies a stubborn disregard for everyone but itself.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
"He is just the most stubborn, funny, resilient little boy. He loves simple things. When the trees move in the wind, it makes him so happy," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Well, at least leave behind that stubborn and melancholy girl who you were in Silivri. Pretend she never existed. Start over in Cuba.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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