insistence

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Despite his insistence that he was healthy fairly soon after he suffered a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise March 15, Antetokounmpo didn’t play in the last 15 games of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Experienced negotiators might have tried to use this insistence as the basis for demanding other compromises.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Even more telling was Tehran’s insistence that it would continue to assert control over Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

She added that doctors were "not concerned about the reproductive organs, despite my almost insistence at the time that this is my primary concern".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

I was more amused by Mom’s insistence that the stray ten-dollar bill I found in the laundry room was money I had earned.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller