: strongly or fanatically determined or devoted
die-hard fans
especially
: strongly resisting change
a die-hard conservative
diehard
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the die-hard purists are never going to accept certain words, no matter who uses them
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For the die-hard fans who want to go back in time to the Backstreet Boys’ greatest hits from the Into the Millennium album and tour, now’s your chance to rock your body to the group’s Y2K bops all night long.
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Yet, for the better part of the past two decades, Drake’s been trying to find just the right words, while his audience, from die-hard fans to the most casual of listeners, have lined up to hear his attempts.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
The people who get or buy tickets for the game are not, for the most part, die-hard fans.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Just two Marvel movies rank lower on the Rotten Tomatoes meter, and both quickly ran out of box office steam after No. 1 starts that were driven by die-hard fans and marketing bombast.
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 18 Feb. 2025
Yet, for the better part of the past two decades, Drake’s been trying to find just the right words, while his audience, from die-hard fans to the most casual of listeners, have lined up to hear his attempts.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
The people who get or buy tickets for the game are not, for the most part, die-hard fans.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Just two Marvel movies rank lower on the Rotten Tomatoes meter, and both quickly ran out of box office steam after No. 1 starts that were driven by die-hard fans and marketing bombast.
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Die-hard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/die-hard. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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