loitering
Example Sentences
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Along with making loitering munitions and surveillance drones, AeroVironment’s BlueHalo subsidiary makes LOCUST, a laser-based counter-unmanned system.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
The Defense Department last week paid AeroVironment $186 million for the first procurement in a five-year, $990 million contract for its Switchblade loitering missile systems.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
After the result, us reporters were still loitering in the street and we were kept waiting ages for the winner, the loser and the prime minister to leave.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
Today, people who live near the power lines complain of dust, litter and loitering, and worry about wires falling in high winds and storms.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
The last of the caravan jostled past, revealing the stiff, blind donkey I had seen earlier sleeping beside Samir, and a pack mule, loitering nearby.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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