Both Uses
persist
in
The Fountainhead
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- But when they came, he felt as he did in the quarry: that he had to drill through granite, that he had to drive a wedge and blast the thing within him which persisted in calling to his pity.†
Chpt 2.1 *persisted = continued
- And if freaks persist in being born occasionally, they will not survive beyond their twelfth year.†
Chpt 4.14persist = continue
Definitions:
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(1)
(persist) to continue -- often despite difficulty or to repeat a question
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)