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be intransigent
adjective
Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.
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"Angela Merkel is wrong to be intransigent.
"We will be intransigent with any act of corruption and abuse," he said.
But he is said to be intransigent on reflecting frontier conflict.
He was very cross with Juncker for telling EU business leaders to be "intransigent" in their dealings with British companies.
Maybe the White House will not cave, and the Republicans will not be intransigent, and the Democrats will get their act together and be canny and unified.
Despite Mr. Bush's presence at today's hearing, some blacks said the governor's reaction to their opposition showed him to be intransigent, secretive and petulant.
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Labelling the attempt at censorship an outrage, Taleb said he had been accused of stubbornness for rejecting the instruction: "I have always been intransigent … intransigence is something I value".
Yet Martoma was intransigent.
Above all, he was intransigent.
Some are intransigent, or held captive by lobbies.
Some Chelsea fans blamed Liverpool for being intransigent.
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