Insist
Insist verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
State
State verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.
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Both words in one sentence
- There are still some communist and anarchist groups that see the state, despite full suffrage, as irredeemably capitalist and insist that only a revolution can bring about real change though.
Source: Fair for Its Day -
Spell My Name with an "S": Scanslations insist on using Sue, Iru and Eru when the manga raws themselves clearly state that these Charas' names are Suu, Il and El.
Source: Manga / Shugo Chara! - Parkland shows a small brawl between the Secret Service who want to take JFK's body back to Washington, and the Dallas police who insist that Texas law requires him to stay in the state.
Source: Jurisdiction Friction
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