How to Use stay the course in a Sentence

stay the course

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  • Or stay the course and trust the courts to sort it all out fairly?
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Elhedery says the bank will stay the course.
    — Clay Chandler, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • For now, Apple seems to have no choice but to stay the course.
    — Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 28 July 2022
  • Instead, stay the course and relish the fact that the end is near.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Cashman seems likely to stay the course.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Mediocre teams do not stay the course nor play to their identity.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
  • What will determine whether Ukraine can stay the course in a long war?
    — Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
  • Even if that happens, the team needs to stay the course and take a defender.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • So no—the circumstances don’t call for a stay the course campaign.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Though the bond markets aren’t convinced that the Fed will stay the course.
    — Simon Moore, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Still, for those willing to stay the course, there are ample rewards.
    — Andrew Crumey, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
  • There may be ups and downs down the road, but stay the course because love always prevails.
    — Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 25 Dec. 2022
  • And some Democrats were publicly urging Democrats to stay the course.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
  • Still, Emanuel urged investors to stay the course even in the event of a correction.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Winners play the long game, stay the course and remain committed even when progress feels slow.
    — Stephen Nalley, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
  • This is fuel any memoirist needs to stay the course and believe in the project you’re being called to write.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Sure, some will focus on the short-term and scale back, but others will see the long-term value and stay the course.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Pakistan would need to stay the course as an honest broker and not get discouraged.
    — Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Lions will lean on Goff to stay the course for at least another week.
    — Larry Lage, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Innovation has always been core to the brand, though at times the designs seemed to stay the course.
    — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Many investors are sitting on big gains, pondering whether to stay the course or sell to lock in profits.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • For this reason, Israel must stay the course to achieve a lasting, secure and just peace.
    — Steven Katz, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • In his parting note, Owens urged the 60 Minutes staff to stay the course.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Unfortunately, the board is no longer willing to stay the course.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Barclays, however, thinks investors should stay the course.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
  • So many opportunities come to those who simply stay the course and show up every day.
    — Essence, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But over a long enough time frame, the most successful investors tend to be the ones who stay the course through calm and volatile markets.
    — Hillary Stalker, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • 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
  • Why not stay the course and leave Penelope within the realm of ambiguous alienation?
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024

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