perdurable

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The specter of this guilt -- this perdurable archetype of the hostile homecoming -- animates today’s encounters, which seem to have swung to the other unthinking extreme.

From BusinessWeek • Aug. 2, 2011

Protected in their green river valley by the desert's barriers, the ancient Egyptians constructed perdurable institutions, of which the pyramids remain as awesome symbols.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since not even camera magic can etherealize perdurable Angel MacDonald, this is one dream to stump Freud�especially when DreamerEddy takes his Angel for a dream honeymoon in Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the domestic relationship is illuminated by a playwright of size, intensity and perception, it becomes the perdurable stuff of human existence.

From Time Magazine Archive

The heart of a diplomate may be regarded as an insoluble problem, for the three most illustrious ambassadors of the time have been distinguished by perdurable hatreds and most romantic attachments.

From Domestic Peace by Bell, Clara