loiter

Example Sentences

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They can loiter over the battlefield as long as 20 hours on a single tank of fuel, allowing them to wait for mobile missile launchers to emerge from hiding and then strike them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

During this phase, the spacecraft will follow a large "loiter" orbit that stretches roughly 2 million miles from Earth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

In the Plus bonus mini-episode: Starbucks wanted to be a classy Italian espresso house, but it became a modern milkshake shop for teens to loiter and flirt.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2024

It’s paired with increasingly frequent cleaning, more transit officers and a sweeping of the cars, so passengers don’t loiter or pass out on the seats.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

They went more slowly than Ralph had bargained for; yet in a way he was glad to loiter, cradling his spear.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding