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• v  be persistent, refuse to stop
• s  quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
  with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business

• Kopko is persevering, though, with 50 customers so far.
• Central Press Getty But Kitt's persevering through a life that began hard and was never less than challenging her ability to thrive in good times and survive all the other .
• It was also a co-production with her patient and persevering teacher, Anne Sullivan.

• persevere
• persist
• hang in
• hang on
• hold on
• diligent

News & Articles

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• Former Oakland University golfer Brian Stuard makes first major at U.S. Open
  Former Oakland University golfer Brian Stuard made his return to the PGA Tour this season having persevering through a return stint in the Web.com Tour before regaining a spot in the big show. Now, he’s been rewarded with his first start in a tour major at this weekend’s U.S. Open.
  June 12, 2013 - The Oakland Press

Quotes

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• Shaun Alexander in SI.com
  The 12th Man knocked it down,Alexander said, invoking the nickname for Seattle's home-field crowd. "I call this the greatest persevering team I've ever been on. We've had all the injuries. The wind storms (December) -- I think I didn't...
• Jeff Garcia in SportingNews.com
  It's the next big game for us,Garcia said Thursday. "It's a game that we are excited about playing. It's an awesome opportunity we basically forced ourselves back into with persevering and doing the things that we needed to over the last...
• Tim Duncan in Seattle Times
  The game was going bad for me. I did feel that,Duncan said. "But it was just kind of about pushing through that. The whole game was about persevering. My teammates just continued to throw the ball in and to see me. They were more confident...