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And questions linger over the postseason availability of several other MLB difference-makers as October approaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Watching the evening stretch itself out, people linger by the door, start another conversation, promise to leave after one more song, and somehow find themselves still there 20 minutes later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
On Sunday, rain may linger for a while in southern England but should clear to leave a dry afternoon for much of the UK with sunny spells and light winds.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But questions about executing a difficult turnaround will linger over the stock, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
She’d convinced herself that there was no reason to let her thoughts linger there.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
As attendees make their way out of the venue, excitement lingers through the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The attack still lingers in metro Detroit’s close-knit Jewish community, which is centered on Moss’ congressional district.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
"But there's also a surprising amount of heart – of the warm, still-beating kind – as it lingers on the faces of its fallen," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Mr. Woolfson also lingers admiringly on Har Gobind Khorana, a village clerk’s son in British India who went on to synthesize the first fully artificial gene in 1972.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
And instead of sitting next to me, he lingers at the foot of my bed, his fingers fumbling over the hem of his shirt.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
After the memorial service, El-Sayed lingered for a bit to shake the hands of people in attendance.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
As the wedding approached, the cake lingered as an unresolved item.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
But with the perspective of 25 years, what’s lingered for the most part aren’t the most literal depictions of the day, but oblique dramas that capture something more subtle: the free-floating anxiety of a nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
But after it lingered on the market, Evans delisted the home in November 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Before Anya left, she peered back into the smithy’s darkness, where Kin lingered by a forge, quiet.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
The eurozone’s adjusted trade surplus widened in July, signaling a boost to the economy from trade at the start of the third quarter despite lingering geopolitical uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Instead of lingering for weeks, it traveled upward and erupted within a matter of hours.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The country's coast guard says more bodies remain on the boat, which they were unable to board until Friday due to toxic fumes and lingering heat.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
If it melts, "it especially affects the lingering aftertaste once you've taken a sip."
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
She smelled soap and sweat and the lingering scent of something else that she couldn’t quite name.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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