Collocations for persist - verb

doggedly, stubbornly

in
If you persist in upsetting her, I will have to punish you.

with
The detective stubbornly persisted with his questions.

still, to this day
a belief that persists to this day

indefinitely

be likely to
tend to
be allowed to
This situation cannot be allowed to persist.

continue to
Drought conditions continue to persist from Maine to Georgia.

beyond
The condition almost always persists beyond childhood.

despite, in spite of
The trade network persisted in spite of the political chaos.

during
the problems that persisted during the three-day conference

for
If symptoms persist for more than a few days, see a doctor.

into
These practices persisted into the Middle Ages.

through, throughout
The depression persisted through much of the 1930s.

until
The snows persisted until the second month of the new year.

Persist is used with these nouns as the subject:
attitude, belief, condition, controversy, doubt, inequality, myth, pain, problem, rumour, symptom