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President Furio Truzzi told The Associated Press, however, that despite the overall decreases, pasta prices are obstinately high in some cities and that the group was still considering targeted strikes later this summer.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

He had already struck aesthetic gold in the 1960s with his deadpan, Pop-inspired yet obstinately painterly portraits and his disarming painted cutouts.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2022

“France rejects this. France, obstinately, will look for peace.”

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Still, the Haitians languished at Guantánamo for 18 months only to be paroled into the United States under the authority Bush and Clinton officials had so obstinately refused to exercise from the outset.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2021

The gold stamping still obstinately showed through the layers, but the deep red had become a dark burgundy.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang