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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
persevere .
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Examples
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But it hasn't closed down; it just persevered, which is really part of Harlem, itself.
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They had the focus, determination and persevered, which is what the National Team Development Program is all about.
unknown title 2009
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"Just the fact we've kind of persevered, it's been the most rewarding regular season I've been a part of in my 11 years."
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And she kind of persevered in the face of that, and so, even on their wedding day, he said, you all don't have to go through with this, and said that you shouldn't get married unless you feel like you can't do anything other than that.
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He says he had ordered for execution such as persevered in their profession after repeated warnings, "as not doubting, whatever it was they professed, that at any rate contumacy and inflexible obstinacy ought to be punished."
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Rossiter Johnson 1906
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Ottawa's girls "persevered," though, to use Lady Pirates coach Mike Cooper's word for it, surviving a nailbiting final few minutes to top their hosts from Streator, 41-34.
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Or, on the other hand, perhaps the revisionist account is just as much nonsense as the story that Hanjour "persevered" and "overcame his mediocrity".
911Blogger.com Joe 2010
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Or, on the other hand, perhaps the revisionist account is just as much nonsense as the story that Hanjour "persevered" and "overcame his mediocrity".
911Blogger.com Joe 2010
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Texas coach Gail Goestenkors said her team "persevered" following a tiring trip to the Virgin Islands.
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Texas coach Gail Goestenkors said her team "persevered" following a tiring trip to the Virgin Islands.
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