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persist

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


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Oil prices rose as tensions, supply risks and shipping disruptions in the Middle East persist, even as Persian Gulf crude exports continued to recover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

If high diesel prices persist, companies may be more willing to pass on those higher costs, they said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

“To help students enroll, persist, and graduate, we must provide the stability and support they need.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Bank of England held interest rates at 3.75% for the sixth time in a row in September, but said they were likely to rise if high energy prices persist.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Some syllabaries persist today, the most important being the kana syllabary that the Japanese use for telegrams, bank statements, and texts for blind readers.

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

More than 90 percent of emperor penguin colonies could be near-extinct by 2100 if sea ice loss persists at its current rate.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

More than with Alzheimer’s, in which personality tends to be preserved even as memory fades, FTD pierces the illusion of a continuous identity that persists through life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The system persists, but the system is fragile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

A "toxic negativity" persists around whistleblowing with staff discouraged from speaking out, the inquiry said.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

A dull, steady ache persists on the right side of his head, emanating from deep inside his skull.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Rumors have persisted that a compromise candidate could be parachuted into the process at the behest of the powerful five veto-wielding Security Council members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

It started a blockade and a devastating air campaign that persisted until a 2022 truce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Southwest has persisted since around the beginning of the 21st century.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Singh, a former international-level sport shooter, said women in Bihar were advancing in many areas but concerns about their safety persisted.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“What are the larger sharks going to eat if there are no dogfish?” he persisted.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Almost six months into their war, the two sides are locked in a stalemate, with Iran keeping the key Strait of Hormuz shut and Washington persisting with a naval counter-blockade of Iran.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

I am 100% aware that you don’t mention money, but it seems like you would be staring a gift horse in the mouth by persisting with this argument.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

“Emerging Markets continued to deliver despite the Chinese condom headwinds still persisting with broad-based momentum extending well beyond China,” they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

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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