stick
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County supervisors to stick with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, a city-county agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Lynn got on the radio and, as the other three choppers kept their position, Lynn asked him to stick to “one of the corners.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Sharp downturns tend to stick when they’re related to disappointing earnings as opposed to something else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"They've found it quite unedifying to be honest that this seems to have been used by some others as a stick to beat Naomi Long with."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Before moving here, I mean. If you like, we could stick around a while.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
At the other end of the ice, Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made four saves and sticked away the puck from a danger area with the Canadiens buzzing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
Coyotes winger Jordan Szwarz high sticked Schmidt to give Washington its next go-round on the power play.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2013
The flower-stems to be properly sticked, so as to keep them in due bounds, and also to assist in presenting a large mass of flowers to the eye at once.
From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by William Keane
Her kerchief on a pole sticked she, Askance, that he should it well y-see, And should remember that she was behind, And turn again, and on the strand her find.
From Chaucer by Sir Adolphus William Ward
"I've sticked my neck in these silly things," he said, when he saw Peter.
From Fortitude by Sir Hugh Walpole
He said La Opinión distinguished itself by sticking to journalism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
However, predicting interest rates and bond prices is a challenge, while sticking with U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Leeds have done something to keep him fit and he's changed the mentality for sticking in there.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
From here, Jersey City needs to pay off its debt to the state and persuade residents it’s worth sticking around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
I can picture his hair wild and sticking up, the way I’ve seen it after a long night of studying, fingers run through it again and again.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Locals have pushed back against the project, which is currently stuck in limbo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Arguing for secrecy in all three courts, the security service told judges that it had always stuck to its core secrecy policy and never told anyone whether X was an agent, including me.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He helped save a cat that got stuck inside the wall of a garage, requiring firefighters to cut holes in the wall to reach in and grab it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
In a report, Alzheimer's Society and the King's Trust said a "cancer-style revolution" was needed to improve dementia care, which they described as being "stuck in the 20th century".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“His name is Maverick. Remember him? I’m pretty sure it was you that had a hand in creating the preoccupation you claim I’m stuck in.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
