persistent

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The emotion-tossed characters in this book take a vexingly long time to sort out their feelings and make choices, but the challenging narrative rewards persistent readers with a worthy finale.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the fall of last year, persistent inflation and a frustrating market for many jobseekers had sent Michigan’s sentiment index down to 51 in November, close to all-time lows.

From The Wall Street Journal

“What we need to guard against is that higher energy prices start to spread to other goods and services and become ongoing, persistent inflation,” said Rogers in remarks delivered Thursday in Brandon, Manitoba.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its chief executive, Emma Slawinski, said new legislation would allow "the courts and police to tackle persistent and prolific illegal hunting".

From BBC

Different rates of school absence are described in the DfE's data using terms like "severe" - when children miss over half of their school time - and "persistent", when pupils miss over 10% of school.

From BBC