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"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

“Great universities don’t cling to old decisions simply because they were once the right ones,” Palazoglu said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Consider George Washington, whose humility and repeated decisions to relinquish power rather than cling to it, became the young republic’s most imperative precedent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Without the suit, bits of dust containing radioactive isotopes could cling to clothes and hair, and might be inhaled or swallowed.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

In Indonesia's Lembeh Strait at night, a tiny crab clings to a drifting jellyfish.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

It forgoes the sticky glaze in favor of a deep brown gravy that pools and clings.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 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

Between the two sits a fragile procedural fiction the system clings to in order to pretend these worlds do not meaningfully collide.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026

There the Graces bathed and anointed her with golden oil—a bloom that clings upon immortal flesh alone—and let her folds of mantle fall in glory.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

"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

Having grown increasingly frustrated during the second set, Paolini composed herself for third and held serve easily, while Eala clung on.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

A camp of Gen Z has clung to the dream of work-life balance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

“This woman clung to her baby, and said, ‘I just had this baby.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

And with a groan of love, relief, and pleasure, she reached the mill wheel and thrust her muzzle into the reaching hand of the boy who clung there.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Corporate America, she said in a small group session of three people, is full of toxic behavior—scapegoating, backdoor machinations and leaders clinging to whatever power they have at the expense of good ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

They say they used to listen to songs in secret, often not knowing who they were listening to, but clinging to the mysterious and hopeful lyrics.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"Everybody that has a job is clinging to their jobs, but employers are saying 'we don't need to hire anybody right now.'"

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Despite all that, Bores, a former employee of surveillance tech giant Palantir, insists he’s not against A.I.—he’s just trying to make it work for those of us still stubbornly clinging to our carbon-based brains.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

But I know I won't get far in this outside world if I'm always clinging to someone.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman