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persist

[per-sist, -zist] / pərˈsɪst, -ˈzɪst /


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That transformation has surprised many within academy football, where stories persist of fierce rivalries between the two clubs, heated confrontations behind the scenes and intense celebrations after victories at lower age-group levels.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Heat might persist into the last week of July.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Some of the resulting changes could persist for centuries and may not be reversible within human lifetimes.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

Investors will keep a close eye on events in the Middle East to see whether heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran persist or whether they begin to ease.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

If you bite your lip and understand that this is the only world, you will perhaps persist and endure.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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

While nearly 30 unloaded VLCCs, the largest type of tanker, are still heading toward the Middle East Gulf, more vessels could divert or delay voyages in the coming days if the fighting persists, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

But the possibility that demand persists through price increases and margins improve means investor sentiment could get a boost.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

My worry persists about governments looking for discrimination to punish.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 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

According to his analysis, this group may have persisted for around 35 million years.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

Black Americans continued to have the highest death rate of any group tracked, and men continued to die at higher rates than women—a gap that has persisted for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

That instinct to buy on pullbacks has persisted in 2026.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

He was treated, but the couple's fertility problems persisted.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

When the eerie feeling of being watched persisted, Miyax began to wonder if the vast nothingness was driving her mad, as it did many gussaks.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

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

And the report highlighted the dangerous combination of persisting financial vulnerabilities and the "exuberant risk appetite" in financial markets, warning the situation "could unwind abruptly".

From Barron's Jun. 28, 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

With energy prices raising headline inflation, officials may not be able to tell for months whether underlying price pressures are fading, persisting or getting worse.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

Primary thoroughfares have a way of persisting through the indignities of time—though Manhattan Island has been entirely resurfaced by human hands, the old Indian trail through it persists as Broadway.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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