stick in

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Students were often assigned a military rank and awarded promotions, like the 13-year-old cadet major carrying a swagger stick in a 1930 ad for the Page Military Academy in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

"Certain anthropomorphic phrases may even stick in readers' minds and can potentially shape public perception of AI in unhelpful ways," Aune said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Here are some flavorful takeaways — small yet memorable — that stick in mind from our several reporters in the room on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Dandridge told the court Williams was "holding the hockey stick in both hands".

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

At first we didn’t have paper and pencil, so we learned to write with a stick in the dirt floor of the school.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola