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persevere

[pur-suh-veer] / ˌpɜr səˈvɪər /


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The trumpeters valiantly persevere but, by the end of the day, everyone's wrung out.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Mr. King initially believed the story was going nowhere, though his wife urged him to persevere.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

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

They’re human; they want and need, betray and boast, and persevere against the unknown in ways that we all are right now.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

This might be one of the things I saw in Rhiannon, too—her desire to persevere.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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