stuck on
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of ships and their crews, including massive oil tankers, are still stuck on either side of the strait, which Iran declared closed weeks ago.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
In the main gallery, I was stuck on “Vertigo.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
It’s a joke with its own Wikipedia page, one economists tell on economists, about being stuck on a deserted island with a can of food and no way open it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Medicines can stop pain, fight cancer and save lives but are worthless if they get lost in the mail, spoil in a hot warehouse or are stuck on a ship.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
“They think that’s all we paint. You know, they get kind of stuck on a thing. Like how they think ‘traditional’ human music is 1950s rock and roll.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
