"And I long for the day when that modifier can be a moot point, but I'm ever grateful if I can inspire some young intrepid tenacious male or female filmmaker, and have them feel that the impossible is possible.
VOA: standard.2010.03.08
General Zinni, atenacious negotiator with a no-nonsense demeanour, may get round it.
What some listeners may hear as incivility or rudeness may simply be the product of a broadcast journalist making atenacious effort to steer an experienced politician toward providing responsive answers instead of reading from a scripted playbook of party messages.