persevere
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Driving around town, looking at the lots and the wreckage, Cooley says he started to notice the bits of nature that were trying to persevere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The trumpeters valiantly persevere but, by the end of the day, everyone's wrung out.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Mr. King initially believed the story was going nowhere, though his wife urged him to persevere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
They’re human; they want and need, betray and boast, and persevere against the unknown in ways that we all are right now.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
Peggy had almost persuaded him to persevere, to try for just another week, but in the end he had broken down and wept quietly and asked from the heart to be let go home.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Fortunately for the rest of us, Wylie perseveres.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Close takes pride in how her squad pivots to unexpected challenges and perseveres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
Knowing the Paris Games may be her last, she perseveres, training six days a week hoping to get better, to get faster, to win.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
For now, I will continue using Saboun Nabulsi as this ancient tradition perseveres.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023
The beautiful natural world of the Philippines perseveres, despite everything.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
She persevered and graduated from a high school special education program, then attempted community college.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
Hansen, who is the first non-American to travel to the Moon - told Nasa's mission control that the crew "firmly felt the power" of those who have persevered and worked so hard on this mission.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Treasury 30-year bond when it topped 5% and he has persevered with that, enjoying limited success.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
Those moments were difficult for the alliance, but it persevered, said Lungescu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
In his first week on the trail, he managed just five miles a day, but he persevered, and by August, when he reached his home state, he was up to a dozen miles a day.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Ms. Alexander, deservedly Oscar-nominated for the role, creates a grounded, subtle portrait of persevering motherhood, Carol’s husband never having returned from San Francisco and very likely dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
"It just goes to show you... just to keep persevering, my team and everybody behind me, it means so much to come away as Olympic champion."
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
For this, we should look to King for hope and guidance on persevering amid adversity.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026
But, wrote Clough "something told me he was worth persevering with".
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
I thought about the young African women I’d met at the leadership forum, all of them now headed back to their own communities to pick up their work again, persevering through whatever tumult they faced.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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