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Adverb
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On Friday, the personal consumption expenditures price index showed that consumer spending stayed strong even as inflation remains stubbornly elevated and the cost of food and other goods continues to rise.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025 -
But stubbornly clinging to a player who is taking up a roster spot and shouldn’t be allowed within a country mile of starting lineups can be the issue that turns an early-season hole into an inescapable chasm.—
Gary Davenport,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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He was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of assault with a firearm, shooting at an inhabited building and willfully discharging a firearm in a grossly negilgent manner.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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This is the Adriana who takes arguments, willfully misinterprets them, and then comes for someone at the worst possible moment.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Obstinately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstinately. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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