sticks

Example Sentences

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Oil prices will likely remain high regardless of whether a peace deal sticks.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Like early hominids, birds craft sticks and stones into tools.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Another Apple TV favorite, “Shrinking,” sticks closer to Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

But Gordon has made a habit of defying odds, and returned between the Scotland sticks five months after missing the tournament in Germany.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Leah later told a story in which the public hated Burr so much that he was pelted with “bricks, broken eggs, sticks, and tin pans” outside the courthouse.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock