mulish
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This grass-colored liqueur, with its bracing, vegetal taste and mulish kick, called Chartreuse after the Carthusian brothers of your order, is the closest thing you’ll ever experience to a magic potion.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022
In 1969, Norman Mailer and Jimmy Breslin ran a political campaign largely devoted to the idea of Gotham’s sovereignty — with the mulish insistence that the city get custody of the name “New York.”
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2017
“When you try to make me do something, I get real mulish and tend to go in the opposite direction,” said Rep. Mary Hooper, a Montpelier Democrat and opponent of the change.
From Washington Times • May 12, 2015
By contrast, Ruby Thai Kitchen, with its mulish reliance on sweet, sad, suburban interpretations of Southeast Asian cooking, must be aware of its imminent extinction daily.
From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2015
“We should get back on the road to Abuelita’s house. And this is the fastest and safest way to get there. So stop being so mulish and get up here. Come on, everybody up.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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