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are obdurate
adjective
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
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"But if those guys are obdurate, they realize they're not closing many deals," he added.
Welshman John Toshack is in charge of a side that lacks a creative spark from midfield but are obdurate in defence.
Republicans are obdurate, sublimely so, and morally dense - but they're not that dumb.
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"The lawyer alone is obdurate," Münsterberg wrote.
According to Gibbons, Anderson is "obdurate.
But the past, the novel repeatedly reminds us, is obdurate.
His team-mates were obdurate opponents in every respect.
If Iran is obdurate, each set of sanctions leads to the next.
Arsenal had trouble making a breakthrough, since the visitors were obdurate in their 4-1-4-1 4-1-4-1 4-1-4-1 4-1-4-1
The raw material might be obdurate, but Singh makes the very best of it.
He liked political debate, and could be obdurate, but was the kindest and most generous person, compassionate and quick-witted.
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