linger
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The first U.S. commercial flight to Venezuela in years underscored the rapid thaw after the capture of strongman Nicolás Maduro, even as tensions linger.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Summer was made for slow, languid days and stories that linger long after the final page.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Among billions of technical events it recorded were what users would click and linger on, and for how long, the filing adds.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
And yet the suspicions stubbornly linger, causing frustration, and some concern, among tour operators.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
When he served them tea, he took his time rearranging the biscuits on the saucer so that he could linger and listen to her, until Master said, “That’s quite all right, my good man.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Vocabulary lists containing linger
The Diary of Anne Frank
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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