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How to pronounce intransigent
“intransigent” pronunciation in American and British English
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“intransigent” in real sentences
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The Vice President was intransigent.
GAO
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The previous body was seen as intransigent and slow.
The Scottish Parliament
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boring intransigent Global poverty the apocalyptic tendency had conjured yet another Beast
The 92nd Street Y
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was both intransigent and petty—as, sadly, we have come to expect.
The Scottish Parliament
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