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Example sentences for: insists

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The papers note that the U.S. insists it had no direct hand in Ocalan's capture, but also that White House press secretary Joe Lockhart said that the government is pleased with his apprehension.
In fact, at one point he insists that it is an "arithmetical necessity" for big capital importers like China to run trade deficits.
Although Mike Stern was assigned to work out the details of how the EITC would be computed, he insists the idea really was Sen.
I was friends with him back when he was Cassius Clay, but now that he insists on going by "Muhammad Ali" and dodging the draft, we're not friends any more.
A member of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee board of trustees, she insists that this has nothing to do with the bribery scandal: "I want you to know this is a purely personal decision."