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insist verb

/ɪnˈsɪst/ v [I]
to state or demand forcefully, especially despite opposition
[+ (that)] Greg still insists (that) he did nothing wrong.
Please go first - I insist!
She insisted on seeing her lawyer.

(Definition of insist verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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