stand
Example Sentences
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He added: "We're already spending £150m a year trying to keep the thing standing. So it doesn't seem to me to be a completely ridiculous figure."
From BBC
The shortage of places to sit requires standing, encourages strolling.
When it finally ended — I can’t remember who won — we just stood there, paddles lowered, breathing hard.
From Los Angeles Times
Seems she hadn’t put two and two together when Gosling pointed her toward the mark on the floor where she was supposed to stand for the cameras.
From Los Angeles Times
That Quinn and Jack Hughes agreed to be the butt of the joke by simply standing there is enough in the show’s non-partisan judgment.
From Salon
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