Thesaurus / linger
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If you’re going for a run or a bike ride, carry a mask in your pocket and avoid busy streets where passersby linger.
THE SAFEST WAYS TO EXERCISE DURING A PANDEMICSARA KILEY WATSONSEPTEMBER 9, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEIves notes the timing for inclusion is still up in the air, but “another quarter of profitability would help answer any lingering questions that S&P have,” he notes.
HERE’S ONE POSSIBLE REASON WHY TESLA WASN’T ADDED TO THE S&P 500ANNE SRADERSSEPTEMBER 8, 2020FORTUNEDespite many gaps between stones, sounds briefly lingered inside Stonehenge Lego, the team found.
STONEHENGE ENHANCED SOUNDS LIKE VOICES OR MUSIC FOR PEOPLE INSIDE THE MONUMENTBRUCE BOWERAUGUST 31, 2020SCIENCE NEWSPreviously, some people in Japan and elsewhere had tested positive twice for the virus weeks apart, but doctors had concluded that those results were due to test errors or lingering infection.
HONG KONG RESEARCHERS SAY THEY’VE FOUND THE WORLD’S FIRST CASE OF COVID-19 REINFECTIONANTONIO REGALADOAUGUST 24, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThen, for the same period, they identified marine heat waves occurring around the world, where water temperatures for a region lingered in the highest 10 percent ever recorded for that place and that time of year.
SPECIES MAY SWIM THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS TO ESCAPE OCEAN HEAT WAVESCAROLYN GRAMLINGAUGUST 10, 2020SCIENCE NEWSKeep in mind, aerosols can linger in air long after a sick shopper has gone home.
SIX FOOT SOCIAL-DISTANCING WILL NOT ALWAYS BE ENOUGH FOR COVID-19TINA HESMAN SAEYAPRIL 23, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSDepending on the virus, those antibodies can linger in the blood for weeks, months — even decades.
COVID-19: WHEN WILL IT BE SAFE TO GO OUT AGAIN?JONATHAN LAMBERTMARCH 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThey didn't linger long at Benton, but got under way and marched overland to the Cypress Hills.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRAs she said the last word, she looked at Baroudi, and her voice seemed to linger on the word as on a word beloved.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSBut one would linger long on the way if hePg 83 paused at every landmark on the Southampton road.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYWORDS RELATED TO LINGER
- abide
- be resolute
- be stubborn
- carry on
- carry over
- continue
- endure
- follow through
- follow up
- go all the way
- go on
- go the limit
- grind
- hold on
- insist
- keep up
- last
- leave no stone unturned
- linger
- obtain
- perdure
- perseverate
- persevere
- prevail
- pursue
- recur
- remain
- repeat
- see through
- stick it out
- stick to guns
- strive
- tough it out
- abided
- continued
- endured
- followed through
- followed up
- ground
- held on
- insisted
- kept up
- lasted
- left no stone unturned
- lingered
- obtained
- perdured
- perseverated
- persevered
- prevailed
- pursued
- recurred
- remained
- repeated
- saw through
- strove
- stuck it out
- stuck to guns
- tough it out
- was resolute
- was stubborn
- went all the way
- went on
- went the limit
- abides
- continues
- endures
- follows through
- follows up
- goes all the way
- goes on
- goes the limit
- grinds
- holds on
- insists
- is resolute
- is stubborn
- keeps up
- lasts
- leaves no stone unturned
- lingers
- obtains
- perdures
- perseverates
- perseveres
- prevails
- pursues
- recurs
- remains
- repeats
- sees through
- sticks it out
- sticks to guns
- strives
- tough it out
- abide
- be left
- bide
- bivouac
- bunk
- cling
- continue
- delay
- dwell
- endure
- freeze
- go on
- halt
- hang
- hang out
- hold over
- hold the fort
- hover
- inhabit
- keep on
- last
- linger
- live
- lodge
- make camp
- nest
- outlast
- outlive
- pause
- perch
- persist
- prevail
- put on hold
- remain standing
- reside
- rest
- roost
- sit out
- sit through
- sit tight
- sojourn
- squat
- stand
- stay behind
- stay in
- stay over
- stay put
- stick around
- stop
- survive
- tarry
- visit
- wait
- abided
- be left
- bivouacked
- boded
- bunked
- clung
- continued
- delayed
- dwelt
- endured
- froze
- halted
- held over
- held the fort
- hovered
- hung
- hung out
- inhabited
- kept on
- lasted
- lingered
- lived
- lodged
- made camp
- nested
- outlasted
- outlived
- paused
- perched
- persisted
- prevailed
- put on hold
- remain stood
- resided
- rested
- roosted
- sat out
- sat through
- sat tight
- sojourned
- squatted
- stayed behind
- stayed in
- stayed over
- stayed put
- stood
- stopped
- stuck around
- survived
- tarried
- visited
- waited
- went on
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.