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persistent
adjective
Never-ceasing
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pɚˈsɪstənt
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adjective
Never-ceasing
“The relentless beat of the drums”
adjective
Continually recurring to the mind
“Haunting memories”
adjective
Retained; not shed
“Persistent leaves remain attached past maturity”
adjective
Stubbornly unyielding
“Dogged persistence”
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The relentless beat of the drums
Haunting memories
{'source': 'Claudia Cassidy', 'text': 'the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty'}
Persistent leaves remain attached past maturity
The persistent gills of fishes
Dogged persistence
Dour determination
The most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
{'source': 'T.S.Eliot', 'text': 'a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it'}
Men tenacious of opinion
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