lingered
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Shares of CoreWeave fell 12% and are down more than 50% from their highs earlier this year as concerns about the cloud-computing company’s ability to pay down debt lingered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Those summer clouds that had darkened the atmosphere among fans had lingered into the start of this Nations League campaign.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
In 1980, it was renamed the National Museum of American History, but the tension lingered.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
After the memorial service, El-Sayed lingered for a bit to shake the hands of people in attendance.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The electric hum lingered, then it flashed again as another fly went straight into it.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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