stay the course
idiom
: to continue with a process, effort, etc., even though it is difficult
We'll succeed in the end if we just stay the course.
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Still, Emanuel urged investors to stay the course even in the event of a correction.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
With multiple attempts being made to gut workplace equity and worker protections, employers cannot afford to be distracted, must stay the course and focus on strategies to ensure fairness.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Or stay the course and trust the courts to sort it all out fairly?
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Students should stay the course and report any suspicious activity as swatting incidents continue disrupting college campuses across the country, FBI officials said.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
With multiple attempts being made to gut workplace equity and worker protections, employers cannot afford to be distracted, must stay the course and focus on strategies to ensure fairness.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Or stay the course and trust the courts to sort it all out fairly?
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Students should stay the course and report any suspicious activity as swatting incidents continue disrupting college campuses across the country, FBI officials said.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Stay the course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay%20the%20course. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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