linger
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The first U.S. commercial flight to Venezuela in years underscored the rapid thaw after the capture of strongman Nicolás Maduro, even as tensions linger.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Among billions of technical events it recorded were what users would click and linger on, and for how long, the filing adds.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
And yet the suspicions stubbornly linger, causing frustration, and some concern, among tour operators.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
In the Starbucks drive-thru, I open Gi and linger over a poll about problem behaviors.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
It wasn’t wise to linger on this dangerous topic, but Nurse Beverly asked another question anyway: “How do you think you’re going to accomplish that?”
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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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