insist
B2Frequent NGSL-2UK /ɪnˈsɪst/US /ɪnˈsɪst/
Meaning
verb
to demand that something happen or that somebody agree to do something
“I didn't really want to go but he insisted.”
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“But to insist on only these negative stories is to flatten my experience and to overlook the many other stories that formed me.”
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