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In the face of.
If people act in the face of something, they do it despite it or when threatened by it.
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Evans was gracious and forthcoming, and he talked about the importance of persevering in the face of adversity.
(Quick! Someone tell Bono!) And, what's more, I'd suffered for it, persevering in the face of loneliness and the harsh Irish countryside.
That would mean persevering in the face of both short-term defeats and the potentially energy-sapping influence of time itself.
Those who are most successful have an understandable interest in emphasising that they got there through old-fashioned grit, persevering in the face of failure, never letting setbacks beat them down.
If the top-seeded Rangers were to lose Saturday, it would be seen as a major disappointment, a collapse against a No. 7 seed that beat them at their own game: blocking shots (164 to the Rangers' 93), getting strong goaltending (Holtby's save percentage in this series is.928; Henrik Lundqvist's is.923) and persevering in the face of adversity.
You can almost see those 27,000 students -- bereft of the guidance counseling they need to get into college and the teaching they need to pass Regents tests -- wipe the tears of pride from their eyes: The little-public-relations-office-that-could, persevering in the face of the year's many adversities.
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Perhaps she persevered in the face of such treatment because construction ran in her blood.
(It is from this period, when Stanley persevered in the face of great difficulties, that he earned, from his men, the nickname of Bula Matari ["Breaker of Rocks"]).
Field Marshal Montgomery thought that a leader "must have infectious optimism, and the determination to persevere in the face of difficulties.
I'd rather be known for having persevered in the face of opposition than having ducked issues in order to preserve a quiet life.
Syria's opposition coalition called on Rouhani "to recognise the will of the Syrian people as they persevere in the face of foreign aggression and tyrannical rule".
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