linger
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Diverse culinary offerings cater to electric-vehicle owners, who can linger at stations as their cars charge, while also drawing drivers of more fuel-efficient cars that require fewer stops.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Couples hold hands and linger, pausing as they realize a performance is underway.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
But the Ashes hangover – pun intended – will linger over this England regime.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
As so many staff left these labs and research centers after their projects were reined in or canceled, the upheaval is likely to linger, the scientists, many of them based in Boulder, warn.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
I give the pot to the cook and linger, breathing in the sweet air, marveling at the brightness of it all.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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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