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Which explorer is known for perseverance in Antarctica?

perseverance

[pur-suh-veer-uhns] / ˌpɜr səˈvɪər əns /


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For the actor the film is "really a love letter," an homage both to Stallone's perseverance through to struggle and to filmmaking itself.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

"I'm proud of Abdul, the campaign that he ran, his family for their perseverance through all the hate, the Islamophobic rhetoric that was thrown at him throughout this campaign," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

He’s shown perseverance and improvement over the course of this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Its perseverance, when considered in relation to its musical talent, seems heroic—slightly psychotic, even.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

So with passion and perseverance, he spends day after day filling pages of notebooks made of old Dutch paper like the one he bought from the bookseller in Brussels.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman


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