persevere
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Driving around town, looking at the lots and the wreckage, Cooley says he started to notice the bits of nature that were trying to persevere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The trumpeters valiantly persevere but, by the end of the day, everyone's wrung out.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
They’re human; they want and need, betray and boast, and persevere against the unknown in ways that we all are right now.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
Apple iPhone sales outperformed competitors in China, new data show, signaling the company’s ability to persevere against a volatile industry backdrop.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
“Think of the demands that could be made of me in that office. And think of what could happen to people. I don’t need that on my soul. I’ll persevere like everyone else.”
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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Fortunately for the rest of us, Wylie perseveres.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
It was an appropriate ending for the Carson, Calif., product who continues to be tested — and repeatedly perseveres.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
For now, I will continue using Saboun Nabulsi as this ancient tradition perseveres.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023
“The opening song on the 1979 album ‘Breakfast in America’ about a guy stuck in a ‘dumb motel near the Taco Bell’ who perseveres to become ‘the talk of the boulevard.’
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
He finds watercolors difficult, but with Mauves tutelage he perseveres.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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And who better to teach a down-and-out lawyer about courage and gumption than a coyote who has persevered in the face of certain failure?
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
But she persevered, and during her 16 years in New York became a prominent name in the avant-garde world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“They persevered and were made beautiful by the vitrification.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
He said his father "persevered through pain" following the death of Daniel, who collapsed and died suddenly when he was 15 from the genetic heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
Then a frost glazed the ground—winter came; relentlessly, the dog pleaded to be set free; unflaggingly, Cleofes persevered.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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"The work you do in there isn't easy -- the dust, the smell of dead people who are already decomposing. But here we are, persevering," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
She says it was a "pinch me" moment seeing her name next to the likes of Lady Gaga - something she says feels like a sign she should "keep persevering".
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Ms. Alexander, deservedly Oscar-nominated for the role, creates a grounded, subtle portrait of persevering motherhood, Carol’s husband never having returned from San Francisco and very likely dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
If you’re suffering from the persevering cold and in need of some cooking inspiration, fret not.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
He’d had a cordial, lonely, persevering face, and Ishmael turned now to stare into it, for there was a portrait of Arthur hung on the wall just to the left of a bookcase.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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