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punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges
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In an ideal world, Putin’s recalcitrance to end his folly will at least finally convince Trump that there is not and was never going to be a quick and easy solution that he could be seen to personally mediate in his apparent quest to get a Nobel peace prize.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2025
One reason for Trump’s ire, presumably, is that Putin’s recalcitrance places the president in a tough political spot.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Aug. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement The Trump Administration brokered a cease-fire between Israel and Syria, U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said on Friday, but some within the Administration have grown restive over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recalcitrance, Axios reported on Sunday.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 22 July 2025
But the prime minister’s recalcitrance on the subject of a future Palestinian state, long a Saudi condition, is being faulted as one of the reasons Israel is missing out on this opportunity.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2025
One reason for Trump’s ire, presumably, is that Putin’s recalcitrance places the president in a tough political spot.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Aug. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement The Trump Administration brokered a cease-fire between Israel and Syria, U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said on Friday, but some within the Administration have grown restive over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recalcitrance, Axios reported on Sunday.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 22 July 2025
But the prime minister’s recalcitrance on the subject of a future Palestinian state, long a Saudi condition, is being faulted as one of the reasons Israel is missing out on this opportunity.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2025
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“Recalcitrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recalcitrance. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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recalcitrance
noun
re·cal·ci·trance
ri-ˈkal-sə-trən(t)s 
: the state of being recalcitrant
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