as in bloody-mindedness
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Noun
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This is clear in the contrast between the death mask that was shown to the public after her assassination, a softened, youthful version, and her real death mask, which shows the facial rigidity of a 60-year-old woman.—
Elizabeth Djinis,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025 -
Until Origin started working on the problem, no one made bottle caps from PET because of its rigidity.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The United States has become increasingly irritated with the glacial pace of progress towards implementing a ceasefire agreement, more overtly criticizing Russia's recalcitrance to ink a deal despite pursuing a rapprochement with the Kremlin.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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Resistance to state laws Littleton isn’t just seeing recalcitrance on changes to its land-use code from its residents.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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In 2016, a British passenger flying Flybe—a now-defunct regional airline—from Amsterdam to Exeter was fined more than $600 for his disobedience.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2025
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The one who escalated the disobedience was the company under the direct command of its largest shareholder.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Cussedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cussedness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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