stuck on
Example Sentences
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Healthcare worker Josie Donoghue said it was "an absolute nightmare" at Gatwick after leaving the airport, having had to disembark her flight to Ireland after three hours stuck on the runway.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
There are a few fun visual gags about the degraded far-future — a hospital named St. God’s, the city’s digital clock tower being stuck on a blinking 12:00 — but its punchlines tend toward nasty.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The craft of scavenging the River Thames for lost relics at low tide has surged in popularity, leaving more than 10,000 hopeful treasure hunters stuck on a permit waitlist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
There’s parts where the drummers come to the front and I go to the back, which you would never have in a regular kind of show where the drummer’s stuck on a riser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Because rightly or wrongly, I got stuck on one single sentence the woman uttered.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
