Example Sentences

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Cembalest estimates electricity prices in 2024 were almost 25% higher than they would have been, were they to have persevered with the nuclear program.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

Still, in the book’s postscript, McMaster hopes “that young people who have persevered through these pages will conclude that, even under challenging circumstances, there are tremendous rewards associated with service under any administration.”

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2024

Youth climate activists have lost other lawsuits but have persevered, Vermont Law's Parenteau said.

From Scientific American • Jun. 23, 2023

For a breathless moment, it had seemed they might have persevered through it all.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023

For forty years they have persevered and spread God’s word.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride