persist
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"Our findings show that the immune-related consequences of an acute viral infection can persist beyond the period in which the virus is detectable, leaving the animals in an immunocompromised state."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
That will mean "tight supply-demand conditions may persist for some time", he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Researchers are now uncovering clues about why these difficulties persist, and the answers may involve more than an understanding of numbers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
Competitive pressure that has weighed on sales of Alcon’s implantable products could persist into the fourth quarter, Jefferies says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 makes it illegal to punish people for revealing their wages to one another, but the practice is likely to persist until rooted out by lawsuits, company by company.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Risks of the U.K. interest rates staying higher for longer than markets previously expected are rising as the energy supply disruption persists, Deutsche Bank’s Maui Brennan and Sanjay Raja say in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
But the discussion persists - and many think it is a real possibility.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Sports fishermen might celebrate the arrival of unusual fish, but “if it persists, it’s a serious event for the birds and for the plankton.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The longer this coherence persists, the better the emitter can perform in applications that depend on precise interactions with light.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
“You eat lunch with her every day” Pamela persists.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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The duke acknowledged that tensions have persisted in the years since he and Meghan stepped back from their roles as senior working royals, but suggested he would welcome an opportunity to move forward.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
His wife Beth took a little longer to be convinced, questioning why he would buy "a pile of junk", but he persisted.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
But his enduring love affair with Peru, particularly its arid north, persisted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Nevertheless, the discovery resolves a major question that has persisted since the connection between BFT and colon tumor formation was established in 2009.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Tal persisted in his provocation, though, and Fischer lost their third game as well.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Wall Street stocks mostly fell Friday as tech shares remained under pressure following the shock downfall of Nvidia's chief Jensen Huang, while the dollar rose following additional data that showed US inflation is persisting.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Global auto sales will likely remain sluggish next year, with weakness persisting through 2029, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
If Sapiens women had, in fact, regularly entered Neanderthal groups, we would expect to see a recent genetic signal of Sapiens ancestry persisting among the last Neanderthals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
With the recent rotation into memory and other semiconductor names, market leadership is increasingly predicated on current supply-and-demand dynamics persisting.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
The news that an alien’s dyspeptic pains were persisting did not, however, evoke any sympathetic words, and again I retreated into Trinity Street with a prescription for more white stuff.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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