Continuing
Continuing adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Persist and continuing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Persist" instead a verb "Continuing".
Persist
Persist verb - To continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.
Continuing and persist are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Continuing" with "Persist", this verbs are similar.
Both words in one sentence
- Even after they happen, though, there are some survivors who stubbornly insist that it isn't God behind it all and persist in continuing to live in their sins.
Source: Cassandra Truth / Literature - To a lesser extent, so does his pet Genki Girl Ruby Moon, though she's not as good, continuing to persist in being a Manipulatrix even after the object of her manipulations catches on.
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