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They beautifully elucidate Herzog’s complex notions of loneliness, reminding us that the heart’s desire to cling to something familiar and safe can also be its undoing.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The size of her crowds has ballooned over the past 12 months, and when listeners discover her tracks, they often cling to them like a raft in a storm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

When the burn or scald has cooled, lay cling film over it, if possible.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The roar of engines fills the night air in China's Chongqing city as tourists awkwardly clamber onto gleaming motorbikes and cling to muscular drivers to star in personalised videos.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Ma, Pop, and Grandma huddle, cling, and cry.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

He gamely wears striped socks and short shorts; she sports Gloria Vanderbilt jeans and clings to her character’s emotional truth like it’s a bucking pterodactyl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

What is clear is that Infantino is no longer coasting towards a fourth term, if he clings on that long.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The powder clings beautifully to potatoes before roasting, the dried dairy helping to encourage browning while the herbs perfume every bite.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

This water layer is only a few molecules thick, yet it clings to the nanopore surface and prevents ions from directly interacting with it.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026

Where the best of thought Father said clings like dead ivy vines upon old dead brick.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Those are the values Americans clung to when 9/11 sent us reeling.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

The majority of residents and tourists were wearing masks and the smell of smoke clung on to clothes for days, she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

"I managed to find a wooden plank, which I clung to for two days and one night," Begum said, noting she eventually caught the attention of a passing rescue ship.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

The Dodgers catcher had previously clung to hope that the two, who had been reported missing, would be found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

She sprinted the short distance to Chicken, who clung to Lily.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Researchers often found dirt and debris clinging to the animals, along with tiny parasites living on their bodies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Conservationists hope the move will provide a vital safeguard for the future of a plant that now survives in the wild as a single tree clinging to a cliff face.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Houston is clinging to a one-game lead over the Texas Rangers in the AL West.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

In Nepal's capital, desperate people searching for family members missing after Wednesday's devastating floods post photographs on a wall, clinging to a final, fading hope of finding them.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Razi and his sister huddled close together, pressing into the overhang as much as they could, sometimes clinging on as the wind raged and slashed at them.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook