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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

"The man's crossed legs might evoke indifference, the phone a culture of emptiness, the parasol a comfort people cling to," it said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

It is supplying the constitutional context and stripping away the pretense courts so often cling to when they want to stay out of the fray.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

To add to the drama, Muchova slipped when she had the chance to convert her first match point, and Gauff produced a clean cross-court winner to cling on.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

They had saved me before, guiding my movements on a dozen bucking horses, telling me when to cling to the saddle and when to pitch myself clear of pounding hooves.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

Washed up on a rock in the Atlantic after a naval disaster, Christopher Martin clings to life with ferocious tenacity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The cheese clings to the warm crackers, the pepper blooms in the fat and the whole thing eats like the bar snack version of cacio e pepe.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

Natasha eventually took Shalom home but still clings to her faith that God will help her find a cure.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026

He tries to peel the image from the sticky yellow backing, to show her the next time he sees her, but it clings stubbornly, refusing to detach cleanly from the past.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 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

He was a product of the Roman-style landed elite that clung on tenaciously in that region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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

Tuna salad oozed out from between the slices of bread and clung to the plastic bag.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Ideally they should come fresh from your garden, eaten with just enough dirt still clinging to them to imply virtue.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Social media has many users trapped in nostalgia loops, desperately clinging to a simpler era that wasn’t so uniquely mired in digital discontent.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

A second shift of employees assisted with a parade of people who came in with high hopes and usually left clinging to them after their free consultations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Desperate families of missing foreigners were clinging to hope as they combed hospitals and morgues in search of clues, a week after catastrophic floods tore through Nepal's Himalayan border region.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

There Beth’s voice gave way, and clinging to her sister, she cried so despairingly that Jo was frightened.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott