persistence
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But what made this summer's episode unusual was its persistence.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
David has shared two Pulitzer Prizes, one for Boston Globe stories in 1983 on the persistence of racism in Boston and the other for stories in The Wall Street Journal in 2002 on corporate wrong-doing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
But coal's persistence is also the result of infrastructure issues.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The study reported that larvae extraction could reduce agave populations by up to 57 percent, with juvenile plants especially affected because they are often harvested for larvae even though they are important for population persistence.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
By luck or persistence, either women took roles right beside men or they joined volunteer regiments known as “people’s corps” that sprang up all over the nation and later merged with the Red Army.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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