persistent

It comes as a slow-moving weather front is forecast to stall across parts of Wales and northern England, bringing persistent outbreaks of rain.

There’s also an offense and a defense that rank among the worst in the country and a persistent penalty problem.

It has been one of its recurring features, not an aberration but a persistent force, destructive and yet oddly creative, producing new boundaries and new regimes.

But the state also struggles with a persistent poverty crisis.

But in our modern age, we are in a persistent state of fantasy.