linger
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Linger, for instance, in the bar, and you’ll notice dozens of scenes unfolding inside the windows of the skyscrapers, each one an improvised, abstracted story.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025
That became the centrepiece of her Grammy-winning second album, Linger A While; alongside Guess Who I Saw Today - the story of an unfaithful partner, delivered with nail-biting narrative tension.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2023
The group, known for 1990s hits such as "Zombie" and "Linger", went on to become Ireland's best-selling rock band after U2, selling more than 40 million records.
From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2021
Linger on that for a second: a substantial proportion of the people getting in Bret Stephens' mentions and making him upset may be scarcely older than children.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2020
But the middle of a respectable river, or the Other Side, was no place for children to Linger, Loll or Learn Things.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing linger
The Diary of Anne Frank
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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