stick

Example Sentences

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Now software stocks are scraping themselves off the floor—but are still behind the curve as big investors stick with what has worked.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Hours later, the country’s best women’s lacrosse player was back on that wall, simmering, practicing once more with that fifth-grade stick.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Their aim, DSA leaders say, is to see the adoption of progressive policies on homelessness, rent control and public safety — and to have a socialist city attorney to make those policies stick.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

He framed it instead as a matter of process: changing the language is itself a signal, and the Fed preferred not to move until confident the shift would stick.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

He dropped the stick and looked at the sycamore again.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls