linger over
Example Sentences
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And questions linger over the postseason availability of several other MLB difference-makers as October approaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
But netball's leaders have an even greater platform than the Commonwealth Games in mind, not least because doubts linger over the long-term future of that event.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
There should be enough food to linger over, enough food for seconds, enough food that nobody is quietly wondering what they’ll eat when they get home.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Just as you’ll be glad to linger over Ms. Morris’s vivid watercolors, many of them on backgrounds of gold leaf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
We didn't linger over breakfast because of the smell.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
