linger
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Best not linger on that one for too long.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
There are also risk factors that continue to linger.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The stock is falling as spending fears linger.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
The effects of the internet blockage could linger beyond the war, according to Farzanegan of Philipps-Universität Marburg.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
But there was no time to linger on that.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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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