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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the agreement contains the same two limitations Anthropic had been insisting on.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Abrams, had been insisting he needed to know Ava DuVernay long before their first meeting.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2020

Until Saturday evening, China had been insisting on an immediate repeal of all tariffs as part of any deal.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2018

David Hayes, the deputy interior secretary, said that the breakthrough in the talks about the delta was that “water contractors had been insisting that there be a guarantee of a specific” amount of water deliveries.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2012

Throughout the Adams presidency, Jefferson and his Republican followers had been insisting that the French Revolution was the American Revolution on European soil and that France was therefore America’s major international ally.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis