perennial

As new waves of feminists confronted different issues, some became exasperated by Steinem’s seemingly perennial role as the face of the women’s movement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

It hurt because it made him seem like a perennial candidate and reinforced Graham’s attacks on the five-term congressman as a career politician.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

There have been many changes in America’s political system in the last decade or so, but some things are perennial.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

But even maps couldn’t solve a perennial annoyance: The oyster beds would vanish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Our best protection against this plant is therefore the maintenance of dense shrubs, ferns, and other perennial vegetation.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Some are shifting to Mediterranean plants, Bennellick said, "more grasses, more herbaceous perennials that can survive the drought conditions".

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

More than 250 varieties of plants, particularly grasses and perennials, are present here, arranged across seven gardens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025

This year's guest list was conspicuously missing screen stars or celebrity faces, with not even royal perennials like Sir David Beckham or Sir Elton John attending.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

These are short-lived perennials that will reseed, and they seem to thrive in dry, nutrient-poor, fast-draining soil where other flowers fade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025

Plants that do this are called perennials because they come back year after year.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan