Слово "persistent". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

The ceremony, as shortly announced in the papers of yesterday, occurred on the previous morning; but it is only now that it has been possible to confirm the strange rumours which have been so persistently floating about.

One did not know what happened inside the Ministry of Love, but it was possible to guess: tortures, drugs, delicate instruments that registered your nervous reactions, gradual wearing-down by sleeplessness and solitude and persistent questioning.

‘No,’ he said, in answer to the persistent interrogation of my eye; ‘I’m not a member—I’m a ghost.’

so it looked at children growing up in persistent poverty

so it looked at children growing up in persistent poverty

All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath, and there’s a persistent wail all night along the north shore.”