End and Persist

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End

End verb - To come to an end.
Usage example: a book so good that you hate to see it end
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Persist is an antonym for end.
Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless

Persist

Persist verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Usage example: my headache persisted for almost the entire day
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End is an antonym for persist.
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way end way persist way

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Pacific Rim It's only the people who refuse to acknowledge 'hopeless' odds and instead persist in believing that they can score a clean victory rather than a mediated loss who end up achieving anything.
    Source: Film / Pacific Rim
  • Luther was episodic for its first series, but its second one introduced an arc driven format that would persist until its end.
    Source: Arc Villain
  • Deep South: The civil rights movement gets strangled in its cradle, allowing segregation to persist in the South well beyond its OTL end.
    Source: Literature / Losing The Peace
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