persist
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So as the heatwaves and drought persist, who is thriving, who is struggling, and will farmers have to change what they grow in a warming climate?
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
As cost of living pressures persist, a growing number of people are applying to become so-called property guardians - living in vacant residential or commercial buildings to protect them from squatters, vandalism and disrepair.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Despite the market’s concerns about the longevity of the current chip boom, Samsung still forecasts a major supply-demand deficit to persist into 2027, as growth in agentic AI augments the huge buildout of AI infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
"As these investments are supported by revenue generated from AI services, the momentum in memory demand is expected to persist."
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
A Chilean scientist has pointed out that malaria-carrying mosquitoes persist in his country in spite of insecticide treatment; the release of sterile males might then provide the final blow needed to eliminate this population.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Forecasters are calling for a slow cooling trend starting Sunday but warned that temperatures would still be above normal and would remain that way for the foreseeable future as the high pressure persists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Interest in the Backrooms persists precisely because they lack a fixed mythology, geographical reality, or narrative history, allowing users to construct meaning around places that, nonetheless, feel uncannily familiar.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Whatever one thinks of homeschooling, it persists as a force in the American education system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Caution still persists among restaurant analysts, investors, customers and owners, after health officials reportedly connected the outbreak’s source to shredded iceberg lettuce shipped to Taco Bell from salad-greens producer Taylor Farms.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Pleads and persists that there must be some waterway to the Gulf of California.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Price pressures persisted, however, with inflation remaining above the central bank’s 2% target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Her health concerns persisted even when smoke from the stubborn fire, which burned for more than a week, was replaced with the smells of rotting meat and other frozen foods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
It is expected to bring an end to the heatwave conditions that have persisted for 19 days so far at Usk in Monmouthshire and Exeter in Devon.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
According to his analysis, this group may have persisted for around 35 million years.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
But the ringing persisted, and the ringing meant that the phone worked, but no one was there to answer it.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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If Sapiens women had, in fact, regularly entered Neanderthal groups, we would expect to see a recent genetic signal of Sapiens ancestry persisting among the last Neanderthals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
With the recent rotation into memory and other semiconductor names, market leadership is increasingly predicated on current supply-and-demand dynamics persisting.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Economists expect rates to remain at their current level, between 3.5% and 3.75%, next month, but warned further evidence of inflation persisting could force the Fed into an increase.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
"We have evidence that terrorist content and illegal hate speech is persisting on some of the largest social media sites," said Oliver Griffiths, Ofcom's online safety director.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
“You ain’t got a mother somewhere?” says Camel, persisting.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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