insist

Example Sentences

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They insist this is not their war and say they feel abandoned after Lebanese troops withdrew from several border points.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Sustaining that level of success during the modern college basketball era, the four teams insist, isn’t as easy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Sauer also had to insist that unauthorized immigrants and temporary visitors owe allegiance to their home countries rather than the U.S., thus removing their children from his tortured definition of jurisdiction.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Ministers insist measures are in place to mitigate disruption, with money being put into manufacturing medicines in the UK.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It is quite another to condemn all use of hindsight and to insist that the past should only be presented ‘in its own terms’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton