obstinacy
Example Sentences
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A moderate power play might have failed — the Freedom Caucus has a well-earned reputation for obstinacy — but it could have moved things in a constructive direction.
From Seattle Times
Her wartime experience led her to become a social worker in the early 1950s, but she soon tired of government obstinacy.
From New York Times
The chapter characterizes non-believers as “handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice.”
From Seattle Times
Zambia is ground zero of China’s self-defeating obstinacy.
From Washington Post
There is a hardiness verging on obstinacy on display among residents who have survived the war sheltering in their basements and cellars.
From New York Times
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