stuck

Example Sentences

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Captains, owners and managers of the more than 700 vessels stuck near Iran, carrying tens of billions of dollars in cargo, were messaging one another to try to make sense of Tehran’s shifting rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

However, Windsor pointed out that for the last three years, the industry has been consistently stuck at generating $10 billion in revenue per gigawatt of compute capacity.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

It was far higher than he had anticipated in part because the parka was, unbeknownst to him, made in Myanmar, then facing a tariff rate of 40%, which stuck him with $248.04 in charges.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

LA28 Chief Executive Reynold Hoover said at a press event Wednesday that ticket sales were one vehicle for the host committee to assure that taxpayers didn’t get stuck with a big bill down the road.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The thought repeats itself in my brain, gets stuck in a loop, all through the train ride back to Washington.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse