persevere
Example Sentences
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As the movie amply demonstrates, it took guts for Woodward and Bernstein to persevere with their reporting in the face of terrified sources and their own growing paranoia.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
“Positive momentum across durable goods in February should hopefully help this area of the economy persevere through the current turmoil without too much damage,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
"To be able to persevere through that period and finally get a fix for that was great."
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
This has helped motivate me, for example, to write that extra client proposal or competitive grant request and to persevere despite rejection and failure, like Frodo, throughout what has felt like a very long career.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
This in itself is dangerous since the branches are becoming precariously thin even for me, but I persevere.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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List 2
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