Example Sentences

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that power shortages were persisting, with nearly nine million people remaining without electricity.

From Reuters • Dec. 28, 2022

South East Water said problems were persisting in the Tunbridge Wells and Staplehurst areas of Kent.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2022

Some 25 people have died in central Henan province, including the 12 trapped in the subway, where rains were persisting for a sixth day and spreading north to neighbouring Hebei province.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2021

NASA’s Paul Newman said that prolonged wintertime conditions in the Antarctic region were persisting longer than usual and that unusually weak vertical energy flows were among major contributors to the large hole.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2015

The news that an alien’s dyspeptic pains were persisting did not, however, evoke any sympathetic words, and again I retreated into Trinity Street with a prescription for more white stuff.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson