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What gives me hope is the persistency of those people.

From Slate • May 25, 2018

But looking "at performance of actively managed funds, there's no persistency," Oliver says.

From US News • Oct. 14, 2016

"The persistency of both price appreciation and breadth since the beginning of the year suggests the next pullback will be a precursor to another attack on the 2011 highs in the S&P 500 near 1,370."

From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2012

“Due to his persistency and his love for his mother, he was able to put some pieces together,” Nocco said at a news conference last week.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2011

So struck was he with the persistency of the dream, that he went to an English clergyman, asking to be taught the Christian religion.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.