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Adverb
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An enduring enigma Despite advanced aerospace technology and decades of investigation, these cases stubbornly resist ordinary explanation.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025 -
For years, Keller would stubbornly sit outside in the sun smoking cigarettes, without a hat or sunblock.—
Kim Gordon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Tate and his brother Tristan willfully describe themselves as misogynists.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Yet even in this willfully unproductive use of leisure time, work hovers overhead like a ghost.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Obstinately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstinately. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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