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tenaciously

[tuh-ney-shuhs-lee] / təˈneɪ ʃəs li /




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Both are brazenly transactional, and cling tenaciously to grudges.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

Short on time, Black defends tenaciously and nearly claws back into the game: 25.

From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2023

First he had to pry off an interloper: a limpet, a coin-size, hat-shaped snail that normally clings tenaciously to tidal zone rocks but had taken up residence on the gray epoxy seal protecting the sensor.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

He lacks any empathy or decency and has just enough self-awareness to stubbornly and tenaciously survive against the odds.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2023

The sport offers so many opportunities for suffering and so few opportunities for glory that only the most tenaciously self-reliant and self-motivated are likely to succeed at it.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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