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Into this racket walked an influencer type armed with a selfie stick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
For beverage makers, high-caffeine cans represent a rare growth engine, creating a new market of young consumers, who could potentially stick with their drinks for years to come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"I have such a newfound respect for the medical profession. It's maybe made me realise that I don't know how I would do this. I will stick to acting."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Metaphorically alluding to the satirical newspaper “The Onion,” the narrator says that to pull off this operation, the team had to stick together like layers of an onion: “Never forget, onion is strength.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
We hoisted the carcass up on the tripod and fixed the hind legs with the gamble stick.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
At the other end of the ice, Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made four saves and sticked away the puck from a danger area with the Canadiens buzzing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
Coyotes winger Jordan Szwarz high sticked Schmidt to give Washington its next go-round on the power play.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2013
The flower-stems to be properly sticked, so as to keep them in due bounds, and also to assist in presenting a large mass of flowers to the eye at once.
From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by William Keane
My mamma has sticked me into the nursery, and nothin' but a dar'needle to sew with!
From Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple by Sophie May
‘There’s a middlin’ big log sticked in the dirt at Rabbit Shaw, and’—he flicked his whip back along the line—’so they’ve sent for us all.’
From Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling
He said La Opinión distinguished itself by sticking to journalism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
However, predicting interest rates and bond prices is a challenge, while sticking with U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
I’ve been sticking with a weight training routine for a couple of years now, but I try to evolve the exercises all the time because I get bored really easily.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Leeds have done something to keep him fit and he's changed the mentality for sticking in there.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
When the bell rang, I reached for my backpack—and discovered a small plastic container sticking out of it.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Hundreds of Iranian truck drivers are currently stuck at Iran’s border with Pakistan, unable to send their goods into Tehran’s neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
For several years now, mortgage rates have been largely stuck between 6% and 7%, pushing up the cost of most Americans’ single biggest expense, housing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Phillips, the Los Angeles-area retiree, has always stuck with simple annuities—five-year fixed-rate policies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He caught the Red Bull before the end of the race but as overtaking was virtually impossible on the new Madring street circuit, he was stuck in third place.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“What was it about him that got you so stuck on him in the first place?” asked Anna May.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
