dead set on
Example Sentences
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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
"The very fact they were dead set on employing these independent advocates themselves says something about the culture - its control, and just not even beginning to understand the nature of independence."
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
“He is dead set on it,” president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said at MLB’s winter meetings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
Instead the committee seemed dead set on rebalancing the Group of Five assignments within the Fiesta, Cotton and Peach Bowls.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Not to mention the fact that Simon spent hundreds of dollars on application fees alone, even though he’s dead set on NYU.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
