persist
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As major tech giants continue to spend heavily on AI-related investments, concerns persist about the impact of the technology on jobs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Strong winds and heavy rain will persist over the weekend as Storm Boelo moves across parts of the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
But such a notorious reputation could do nothing but persist.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
The agency expects tight diesel supplies to persist well into 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
“You persist, then, in supposing his sisters influence him?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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He has been under house arrest in the capital, Juba, since March last year as fighting persists in some areas of the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The longer it persists, the more potential it creates for a future boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
In late September, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee warned that "the risk of a sharper correction persists," particularly if concerns about the pace of AI development or adoption hit earnings expectations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Along with the technicolor mural, Caland’s singular sensibility persists in scattered drawings, a bouquet of her preferred 30-inch paintbrushes and a pair of stiff-backed pews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Marv admires his own humor and still persists with the key, which irritates me no end.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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Concerns have however persisted after the two passengers tested positive after passing through Uganda's Entebbe airport on the same day.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Oil prices rose as concerns over supply disruption risks persisted, with front-month Brent crude oil futures up 0.3% at $109.89 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
That produced a difference of 22.21 percentage points between the two groups, suggesting that the injection's effects persisted for several weeks after treatment ended.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
But complaints about missed packages and mail-order medications, as well as trouble setting up banking accounts and utilities, persisted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
We told our father, no, don't bother playing us any more of your records, but still he persisted.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Prof Bob Phillips, a paediatric oncologist, says it's key for parents to look out for clusters of symptoms that may be persisting, getting worse or bigger.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The chip shortage persisting across the economy isn’t likely to let up in the near term, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
After six months of war, the foes remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed and the United States persisting with a counter-blockade of Iranian ports.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
Only in larger populations can the disease shift from one local area to another, thereby persisting until enough babies have been born in the originally infected area that measles can return there.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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