persist in doing

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persist in doing something

to continue doing something. John persists in thinking that he's always right. Tom persists in demanding that I agree to his terms.

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If you persist in doing this you will have a distinct advantage over any other player who becomes easily frustrated or nervous. Staying calm will boost your score by Gulf Weekly Residents who want to work with us are welcome to get on board but people who persist in doing as they please and committing crime are warned they will be dealt with. Police in drive to cut holiday crimes by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) The irony lies in the fact that, in our 21st-century communication culture of high-tech image manipulation, artists persist in doing drawings. Exhibition preview: The Irony Of Flatness, Bury by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			perform on Perhaps a little later period perish perish from perish in Perish the thought Perish the thought! perish with perk up permeate permeate through permeate with permit permit into permit out permit through permit up permit up to persecute for persevere persevere at persevere in persevere with persist persist in doing persist with person person of color persona non grata perspective perspective on persuade persuade of persuade to do pertain to pester pester about pester into pester out of pester the life out of pester with pet pet hate pet peeve petard pete peter peter out petition for phase			Persienne Persiennes Persiennes persiflage Persifleur persilicic Persimfans persimmon persimmon Persimmon IT, Inc. persimmon tannin persimmon tree Persimmons Persimmons Persimon Persimon PERSINS Persins Enterprise System Architecture PERSINSD Persis Persism persist persist persist persist persist Persist (Java) Persist (Java) persist in persist in persist in doing Persist until Something Happens persist with Persistance of Vision Persistant organic pollutant Persistant sexual arousal syndrome Persistant vegetative state Persistant vegetative state Persistant vegetative state persisted persisted persisted persistence persistence persistence persistence persistence forecast Persistence of High Intestinal Lactase Activity Persistence of vision Persistence Of Vision Raytracer persistencies persistencies persistencies persistencies persistency persistency persistency persistency persistent persistent persistent

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