persist
Example Sentences
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Until then, he says, he will keep at it himself: "This is my ideal. If you have this ideal, you must persist. You can't not."
From BBC
That level of discounting is likely to persist, but it risks training customers to wait for bargains.
From Barron's
As a result, disadvantageous decision making can persist over time.
From Science Daily
The writers who last well beyond their own era persist because other serious writers have admired them.”
Gold continued to hover around its record high and silver reached $75 an ounce for the first time, as US military and economic pressure on Venezuela persisted.
From Barron's
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