persist

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“We know these past few months have been tough,” he wrote last week on X. “We must persist: to normalize the economy and, with it, the lives of all Argentines.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And problems that have plagued the industry persist despite highly publicized enforcement efforts by the state and federal government, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

So, for this to be meaningfully bullish to the SPX chart, we want to see the upside breakout persist from here.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

However, if higher leakage rates persist, emissions level off around 2045 and only drop by about 50 percent by 2100.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

“You still mean to ride to Hard- home. I see it on your face. Let them die, I said, yet you will persist in this mad folly. Do not deny it.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin