persist
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"Even relatively small oil spills can persist in marine sediments for years, compromising the ecological resilience of this protected marine ecosystem."
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
So as the heatwaves and drought persist, who is thriving, who is struggling, and will farmers have to change what they grow in a warming climate?
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
While inflation risks persist, BOJ policymakers are closely watching the effects of the June increase, developments in the Middle East and subsequent moves in oil prices before taking further action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Despite the market’s concerns about the longevity of the current chip boom, Samsung still forecasts a major supply-demand deficit to persist into 2027, as growth in agentic AI augments the huge buildout of AI infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Will the trends that have reinforced class lines while papering over the distinctions persist?
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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The longer the BOJ persists in its go-slow approach, the more dangerous the currency market becomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of "difficult days" ahead as the summer heat persists and Greece's usual forest fire season comes into force.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Forecasters are calling for a slow cooling trend starting Sunday but warned that temperatures would still be above normal and would remain that way for the foreseeable future as the high pressure persists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Interest in the Backrooms persists precisely because they lack a fixed mythology, geographical reality, or narrative history, allowing users to construct meaning around places that, nonetheless, feel uncannily familiar.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
“You know what Orlando, Florida, was before Disney found it?” my father persists.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Huckabee went straight to Israel’s minister of interior, but the problem persisted, so he turned to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who finally helped release the visas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The pattern persisted until artificial light changed the economics of the night: gas lamps began lighting London's streets in 1807, people stayed up later, the gap between the two sleeps narrowed and eventually closed.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
According to his analysis, this group may have persisted for around 35 million years.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
She was diagnosed in 2022 with anaplastic thyroid cancer and underwent chemotherapy and radiation, but the cancer persisted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Which side won the last match, Teddy?” inquired Jo, who persisted in feeling an interest in manly sports despite her nineteen years.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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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
That’s despite many Americans worrying about higher gasoline prices as the Iran war remains unresolved, with energy-supply disruptions persisting in the Strait of Hormuz while oil inventories fall in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● May 24, 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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