perennial

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He is "a political veteran and perennial presidential prospect with name recognition few in his party can match," Gi-Wook Shin, a sociology professor at Stanford University, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

In 2022, perennial Spanish champions Barcelona signed Lopez on her 16th birthday, and two months later she became the youngest debutant in the club's professional history.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The emergence of new fiscal concerns abroad has also revived perennial anxieties that the world is becoming swamped with bonds—thanks in large part to massive borrowing by the U.S. government.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

While the original Roy Ayers recording is 50 years old, the song is a perennial, and especially alive in the summer — because it is a quintessential summer jam.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

For instance, the Fertile Crescent, China, and Europe differed in their exposure to the perennial threat of barbarian invasions by horse-mounted pastoral nomads of Central Asia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond