staying power

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staying power (usually uncountable, plural staying powers)

  1. endurance, the ability to continue at something for a long period of time.
    • 2015 August 16, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian[1]:
      They have shown their staying power before and it would be daft to write them off but it must be disturbing, nonetheless, for Mourinho that his team are five points behind already and locked in a game of catch-up against the side that has just subjected them to a rare, old-fashioned beating.