How to Use stay the course in a Sentence
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Lue expects his team to stay the course through all of this.
— Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2023 -
For now, Apple seems to have no choice but to stay the course.
— Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 28 July 2022 -
Though the bond markets aren’t convinced that the Fed will stay the course.
— Simon Moore, Forbes, 5 May 2023 -
Musk’s advisors urged him to stay the course, the book said.
— Hyunjoo Jin, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024 -
And some Democrats were publicly urging Democrats to stay the course.
— Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024 -
What follows is her own moral crisis: stay the course or take the easy street?
— Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 29 Sep. 2023 -
What will determine whether Ukraine can stay the course in a long war?
— Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023 -
So no—the circumstances don’t call for a stay the course campaign.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 23 Apr. 2023 -
So no—the circumstances don’t call for a stay the course campaign.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 23 Apr. 2023 -
The Lions will lean on Goff to stay the course for at least another week.
— Larry Lage, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024 -
There may be ups and downs down the road, but stay the course because love always prevails.
— Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 25 Dec. 2022 -
But Bill Belichick and the Patriots opted to stay the course.
— Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022 -
Still, for those willing to stay the course, there are ample rewards.
— Andrew Crumey, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022 -
Despite the rare progress, convincing the public to stay the course and stick with the street-to-housing model isn’t easy.
— Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 29 May 2024 -
If the Avatar movies stay the course of this slate, then the franchise will conclude after a whopping 26-year journey.
— Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 June 2023 -
So, should the Dodgers stay the course and retain their best young pieces, or look for a big splash that could cost them several top prospects?
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023 -
Encourage his sobriety and urge him to stay the course.
— Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023 -
But as months have passed, Kyiv has pointed to Russia’s major losses in the city as reason to stay the course.
— Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 12 May 2023 -
Even Barack Obama got in on the action, lobbying Harvard to stay the course.
— Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024 -
But those who stay the course will discover that even Razia’s mother has a softer side.
— Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2023 -
Instead of attempting to find a way out of the chaos, investors should slow down, stay the course and wait for recovery.
— Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023 -
The pain of it for the Padres is that Grisham hitting just a modest .230 or so with a smattering of power would be good enough to stay the course.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023 -
Gladstone’s father was telling her to stay the course — to stick to her moral compass and understand that what was meant for her would come to her.
— Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023 -
And what, if anything, can be done to help women who decide to study engineering stay the course?
— Danyelle Tauryce Ireland, The Conversation, 23 June 2022 -
To the independent creators and producers out there, stay the course.
— Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023 -
Rather than reflect on this and reform, union bosses seem content to stay the course and continue to snuggle up to Democrats.
— The Editors, National Review, 2 Sep. 2024 -
While the decision to stay the course offers the chance to remain together, aging in place brings its own unique challenges.
— Edgemere Senior Living, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023 -
For now, most expect the generals to stay the course and back the government led by Mr. Sharif’s party, hoping the uproar subsides.
— Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024 -
Japan appears determined to stay the course on carbon storage.
— Nithin Coca, Vox, 4 June 2024 -
Accomplishing these goals takes time, strong planning to stay the course, patience and persistence to not give up.
— Vivek Sunder, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
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