persistent

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While the government is attempting to cushion the blow to the real economy through gasoline subsidies and the release of oil reserves, a more systemic challenge remains: the yen’s persistent weakness.

From The Wall Street Journal

The links raise fresh questions about supply chains in the biofuel sector, experts said, and follow persistent allegations of fraud involving palm oil products used as fuel feedstocks.

From Barron's

These individuals appeared somewhat less likely to report persistent symptoms eight weeks after infection compared with those who received placebo.

From Science Daily

She says she "wasn't as persistent as I should have been" when it came to trying out for different roles and easily "got disheartened", thinking "maybe this isn't for me".

From BBC

Small wonder talk of stagflation is circulating again on Wall Street, recalling that toxic combination of stalled growth and persistent inflation that marked the 1970s.

From Barron's