stay the course

phrase

: to continue with a process, effort, etc., even though it is difficult

We'll succeed in the end if we just stay the course.

Examples of stay the course in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay the course after historic defeats in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where his CDU was ejected from parliament for the first time. — Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Business leaders pushed for council members to stay the course and, after the council flipped, undo their action. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026

Goaltending needs to be league average at minimum, Howard and Matt Savoie need to take a big step, Jake Walman needs to bounce back, the bottom six needs to be more than dead weight and the superstars need to stay the course. — Janson Duench, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Mayor Mamdani and his schools chancellor, Kamar Samuels, have so far pledged to stay the course with NYC Reads. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for stay the course

• counterforce
• intercourse
• nonrecourse
• reinforce
• watercourse
• bourse
• coarse
• force
• gorse
• hoarse
• horse
• norse