Thesaurus / dogged
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A dogged researcher and gifted writer, Philipps turns the story of Gallagher’s rise, his alleged war crimes and the botched Navy prosecution into an infuriating, fast-paced thriller.
ARE THE NAVY SEALS ACTUALLY AWFUL AT THEIR JOBS?GREG JAFFEAUGUST 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMuch of her early work was met with intense skepticism, but that only made Rubin, who died in 2016 at age 88, a more dogged data collector.
VERA RUBIN’S WORK ON DARK MATTER LED TO A PARADIGM SHIFT IN COSMOLOGYMARIA TEMMINGAUGUST 17, 2021SCIENCE NEWSIn his dogged determination to prove the existence of a thing, his explanation for why such a thing might exist — if indeed it does — is left wanting.
A WELL-WORN ARGUMENT ABOUT RACE, INTELLIGENCE AND VIOLENCETHEODORE JOHNSONJUNE 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt reminds us that the media exerts its influence not only through insightful reporting and editorial clarity but also through dogged persistence, hammering facts into the public mind until they can’t be ignored.
THE MEDIA WILL BE KEY TO OVERCOMING A SENATE FILIBUSTER ON VOTING RIGHTSDONALD RITCHIEAPRIL 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTA dogged but difficult reporter, he pushed deadlines, endlessly reworked his stories and wrote opinion pieces that, some of his bosses said, sullied the newspaper’s reputation for dispassionate journalism.
NEIL SHEEHAN, N.Y. TIMES REPORTER WHO OBTAINED PENTAGON PAPERS AND CHRONICLED ‘BRIGHT SHINING LIE’ OF VIETNAM, DIES AT 84HARRISON SMITHJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POST"It's dogged as does it," is not only the maxim of agricultural labourers in remote country districts.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWallace, the last centre of opposition, was a fugitive, dogged by emissaries of the English King.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONFortunately for him his dogged character and his fighting record attracted the First Consul's attention.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONHe trudged across burning lava on which his feet left their imprint; he had the appearance of a desperately dogged traveller.
HONEY-BEEANATOLE FRANCEFor a sort of dogged determination to go through with it all, at any cost, braced her to her final effort.
THE AMAZING INTERLUDEMARY ROBERTS RINEHARTWORDS RELATED TO DOGGED
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mule
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
- constant
- continued
- continuing
- dedicated
- devoted
- dogged
- eager beaver
- fireball
- firm
- go-go
- grind
- hyper
- incessant
- indefatigable
- indomitable
- inexhaustible
- jumping
- patient
- perky
- persistent
- pertinacious
- plodding
- plugging
- resolute
- staunch
- steady
- strong
- tenacious
- tireless
- unceasing
- undeterred
- unfailing
- unfaltering
- unflagging
- unflinching
- unremitting
- unstinted
- unswerving
- unwavering
- unwearied
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