loitering
Example Sentences
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Over the past week, the ship broadcast that it was loitering off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, according to maritime-data firm Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
We just saw crows, loitering on fence posts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
AeroVironment’s Switchblade guidable, loitering munitions came to prominence in the continuing war between Russia and Ukraine.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 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
I patrolled to make sure the work got done and no one was loitering.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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