cling
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When the burn or scald has cooled, lay cling film over it, if possible.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The roar of engines fills the night air in China's Chongqing city as tourists awkwardly clamber onto gleaming motorbikes and cling to muscular drivers to star in personalised videos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
It is supplying the constitutional context and stripping away the pretense courts so often cling to when they want to stay out of the fray.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Great universities don’t cling to old decisions simply because they were once the right ones,” Palazoglu said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
It wasn’t an unfamiliar sensation for him, as someone who knew well enough how a ghost could cling, but this was different.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
He gamely wears striped socks and short shorts; she sports Gloria Vanderbilt jeans and clings to her character’s emotional truth like it’s a bucking pterodactyl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
What is clear is that Infantino is no longer coasting towards a fourth term, if he clings on that long.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The cheese clings to the warm crackers, the pepper blooms in the fat and the whole thing eats like the bar snack version of cacio e pepe.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
This water layer is only a few molecules thick, yet it clings to the nanopore surface and prevents ions from directly interacting with it.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
But I don't want a girl who clings to me.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Ryder clung onto Nathaniel as waves repeatedly crashed over them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
"I managed to find a wooden plank, which I clung to for two days and one night," Begum said, noting she eventually caught the attention of a passing rescue ship.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Damon, Bernthal and up to 25 others crammed into the dank vessel and clung to its cross beams as cold water pumped in and the silo rocked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“This woman clung to her baby, and said, ‘I just had this baby.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Allun brushed at his coat, as though removing the dried mud that clung there was all that was important to him.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
The phrase "LIV 2.0" was used on countless occasions by the league's leadership - and that is the dream they are clinging to.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He’s made the mistake of coming home with the odor still clinging to his clothes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Everybody that has a job is clinging to their jobs, but employers are saying 'we don't need to hire anybody right now.'"
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
In a game the Dodgers would go on to win 8-6 over the Pirates, they were clinging to a two-run lead in the top of the seventh inning against the Pirates on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Neither had noticed the mouse clinging to Brad’s jeans.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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