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Persist

/pəˈrsɪst/
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(verb) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

You should persist in your efforts to learn English.
The anthropologist says odd customs do persist in the region.
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The symptoms continued to ____ despite the medication, so the doctor ordered further tests.

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