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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
insist .
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Examples
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Grand Theft Auto was out, and they were playing that Flock Of Seagulls stuff on there, and the label insisted that we cover that song.
Mike Ragogna: Loudmouths, Raiders & Soup Bowlers: Conversations with Jaret Reddick, Mark Lindsay and Jim Bianco Mike Ragogna 2011
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Grand Theft Auto was out, and they were playing that Flock Of Seagulls stuff on there, and the label insisted that we cover that song.
Mike Ragogna: Loudmouths, Raiders & Soup Bowlers: Conversations with Jaret Reddick, Mark Lindsay and Jim Bianco Mike Ragogna 2011
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Grand Theft Auto was out, and they were playing that Flock Of Seagulls stuff on there, and the label insisted that we cover that song.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mike Ragogna 2011
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Augusto-the label insisted that it had never officially transferred ownership, and therefore
Ars Technica Jacqui Cheng 2011
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Augusto-the label insisted that it had never officially transferred ownership, and therefore
Ars Technica Jacqui Cheng 2011
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WHEN Philip Glass was signed to CBS now Sony Classical in 1981, the label insisted on introducing him with "Glassworks," a collection of short pieces: exactly the opposite of the large, slowly unfolding scores for which he was famous.
NYT > Home Page By ALLAN KOZINN 2011
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Augusto-the label insisted that it had never officially transferred ownership, and therefore
Ars Technica Jacqui Cheng 2011
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Augusto-the label insisted that it had never officially transferred ownership, and therefore
Ars Technica Jacqui Cheng 2011
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An Italian in London noticed in 1557 that all gentlemen without other title insisted on being called "mister."
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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To be fair to orca, it also is a matter of historical record that the US and Great Britain insisted the Soviets enter the war against the Japanese.
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