There was a general and persistent state of military crisis.

Of five kids, three were killed, and one is in a persistent vegetative state.

People in a persistent vegetative state, he said, "have no knowledge of food."

She may be in a "persistent vegetative state," but so what?

The patient, only 35, had been in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years.

The heart comes from a patient in a persistent vegetative state.

They have a persistent state as well as public and private members.

"These children were in a persistent state of fear."

"Have you ever seen a person in a persistent vegetative state?"

That's just a few steps up from a persistent vegetative state.