stay put
Example Sentences
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Homeowners stay put, enjoying ever-rising property values, while renters are forced to leave the city and start over elsewhere with no equity built up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
"He certainly didn't go any way to convincing me to stay, put it that way."
From BBC • May 12, 2026
“It doesn’t mean I’m going to stay put for the rest of the year,” he said, adding that if the labor market continues to weaken, he would push for cuts again.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
“It doesn’t mean that I’m going to stay put for the rest of the year,” he added.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
My options were shifting: My best hope now was to stay put behind the electrified fence and wait for my parents to come through and rescue me.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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