lingered

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After Reagan narrowly survived an assassin’s bullet outside the same Washington Hilton where the correspondents dinner took place, the bump in his approval ratings lingered for months.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

The economic damage or threat from those events lingered far longer than it took equity indexes to reach fresh highs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Yet as I pitched my tent that night, the motion of the landscapes lingered in mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The first dogs were descendants of grey wolves that lingered around human camps at the end of the Ice Age, scavenging leftovers and slowly becoming tamer.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

I left Mrs. B’s and lingered in front of my house, not wanting to go inside.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas