dead set
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How can the Fed provide forecasts to the public with Warsh dead set against providing forward guidance about interest rates?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
But I was dead set it was a three for me.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Knueppel says he learned it by a being kid trying to escape an entire court of grown men who were dead set on stopping him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
With Poland dead set against it, that means either France or Italy, both home to rowdy agricultural lobbies, would have to sign on.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
“You seemed pretty dead set on leaving me behind yesterday,” I said, still sitting where I was on the bed.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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