linger
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All of it builds toward a simple, unavoidable truth: this version of the Sparks can’t afford to linger in potential.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
But they linger on in books, films and the memory of the beholder.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
I cook there, I work there, I linger there.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
That’s leading patients to linger in pain as conditions worsen — increasing the use of pain medication to manage the longer wait times.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Yet Schindler would even linger to chat with my father for a few minutes at a time.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Vocabulary lists containing linger
The Diary of Anne Frank
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List 5
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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