dogged
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Developers had hoped Cardiff Parkway would be operational by 2024, but the planning process was dogged by delays.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
That is stirring questions that have long dogged China’s official data: Are the numbers accurate?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Still, the president has shown a dogged willingness to try, try again.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Games in Aichi-Nagoya, which close later Sunday, have been dogged by organisational issues over accommodation and transport.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
And a thought—a pin-sharp, unacknowledged thought that had dogged him since the kraken had lifted Mal onto a piece of driftwood— made him say: “The Immortal? The lost Immortal?”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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