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stickiness





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Perhaps best of all: The movie has a gritty, charming meanness to it; a stickiness that’s hard to shake off.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Extreme heat is set to roll into Southern California, extending a summer of misery-making stickiness and hot temperatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Given the stickiness of domestic inflation, sustaining real wage gains will be vital to bolstering demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

Lawrence Newman, chief executive of Beauty Tech Group, pointed to the city's five universities and "the stickiness of people wanting to live here post-university".

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

That’s when I reach up and feel the stickiness in my hair.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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