linger
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Summer was made for slow, languid days and stories that linger long after the final page.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
In the Starbucks drive-thru, I open Gi and linger over a poll about problem behaviors.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
They linger on the steps after services to swap numbers and make coffee or dinner plans.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Even so, concerns linger over markets heading into this week’s slate of Big Tech earnings, when five companies comprising around a quarter of the S&P 500’s market value report results.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
When he served them tea, he took his time rearranging the biscuits on the saucer so that he could linger and listen to her, until Master said, “That’s quite all right, my good man.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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