loiter

As with every technology, satellites have their limitations: They are not particularly helpful on days of thick cloud cover, which is much of the winter in Ukraine, and can’t loiter over a moving target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

By contrast, a blockade allows US warships to loiter safely, far offshore in the waters of the Gulf of Oman, track vessels emerging from Iranian ports and interdict them at will.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

During this phase, the spacecraft will follow a large "loiter" orbit that stretches roughly 2 million miles from Earth.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

In the Plus bonus mini-episode: Starbucks wanted to be a classy Italian espresso house, but it became a modern milkshake shop for teens to loiter and flirt.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2024

It gives us a reason to loiter in the area.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

Alexis Perez, 52, loiters beside the settlement where he typically spends two weeks straight, working 12-hour days before returning to his family.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

“And then you put your reading on your fridge, or in your book, or in your journal, or it just loiters at the bottom of your bag for months, if you’re me.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

It says the vessel slows down when it approaches areas where there are wind farms and loiters in the area.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2023

It loiters in the eastern sky above the constellation Taurus before sunrise.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

Morris still loiters in Europe, chiefly in England; and Mr. Washington is still in correspondence with him.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

In the days, weeks and months leading up to the release of “Michael,” the one question that loitered at the top of my mind was why Jackson’s estate wasn’t content to leave well enough alone.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

He loitered in the streets with his friends and called them “my pippin.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Border Patrol cops loitered on the sidewalks of a popular nightlife strip, where they got an earful from a passerby in a pink pointelle shirt.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2025

Dave Roberts loitered on the top step of the dugout, his best-laid plans once again not sticking to the script.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024

The trespassers had loitered in the lobby, strolled in the garden, lounged by the swimming pool.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

The sight of tankers loitering in the Sea of Azov off the north-eastern coast of occupied Crimea is common, as there is an onshore oil loading facility at Kerch port on the peninsula itself.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

“For privacy purposes, they’re not flying just in the sky and loitering, they’re responding at the onset of a call, usually through 9-1-1,” Warner said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Along with making loitering munitions and surveillance drones, AeroVironment’s BlueHalo subsidiary makes LOCUST, a laser-based counter-unmanned system.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

The Defense Department last week paid AeroVironment $186 million for the first procurement in a five-year, $990 million contract for its Switchblade loitering missile systems.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

Why is an MI5 agent loitering around the inn?

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin