tenacity
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Even Marcus Smart, known for his competitiveness and defensive tenacity, missed his seventh straight game with right ankle soreness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
"We are so impressed by Alanah's tenacity in raising the issue," they said.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
It’s impossible to watch “All the President’s Men” and not feel inspired by Woodward and Bernstein’s tenacity.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
Rising per capita income and human-development indicators on her watch prompted talk of the “Bangladesh miracle”: A once dirt-poor land racked by natural disasters joining the ranks of middle-income countries through grit and tenacity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
She had evoked the town idealized by nostalgia with such strong tenacity that Gaston understood that she would not get married unless he took her to live in Macondo.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing tenacity
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