But the core of blue persists, and so it is by night.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
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Macmillan
— to continue to do or say something in a determined way
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Collins
— If something undesirable persists, it continues to exist.
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Usage
2 uses of ‘persists’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster