insistent
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But Crouch is insistent the price rises are justified, saying there is particularly high inflation in the sector.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
And the “Laudamus Te,” with its insistent back-and-forth reiteration of the simplest consonant harmonies, sounds like a prefiguration of Virgil Thomson’s “Four Saints in Three Acts.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
And I’m wondering why, if you can make sense of the fact that he is so insistent on getting these projects done, when there doesn’t seem to be any obvious political benefit to him.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
Some hosts are refusing to budge on costs, insistent that a flood of bookers are coming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
It was a low, insistent knock thumping through the house that finally forced me out of bed.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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