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tarry
verb as in dawdle; sojourn
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This time, we deliberately tarried for the scores of curious locals and drivers who wanted to know about our bike, our route, our motivation and “Are you still talking?”
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I see the final visitors depart, many tarrying until the last second.
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But we could not tarry long there out in the open.
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The ticking watch urged him not to tarry.
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His stiff blue shorts were striped with tarry blackness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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