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Asian equities were mixed after rebounding on improved risk sentiment, as concerns about aggressive artificial-intelligence spending continued to linger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
For some cancer patients, the effects of immunotherapy can linger in an unexpected place: their joints.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Sandisk and Lumentum recover some ground Monday, while CoreWeave falls despite a Goldman Sachs upgrade as AI financing concerns linger.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
In south Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia and southern England, early mist and fog could linger for a while in a few locations on Sunday.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Then again, he didn’t linger or try to touch me this time.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
The physicality of memory, the way it lingers, is the whole idea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Awakened, Alma joins Elisabet as they probe their faces in a mirror—a study in likeness and difference that lingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Residual dye lingers in tanks and fuel systems, Neuman said, adding that “even trace amounts in clear diesel can bring IRS and state penalties outside the waiver window.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Yet the image of the male Viking warrior stubbornly lingers, drawing crowds while also haunting the galleries like a restless specter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
He lingers a few feet away from me until Quinn screams, “Jonah! Free swim is over in forty-five minutes!”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Rally attendees stuck around well after it ended to pose for several takes of a Talarico ad; he lingered for photographs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Yields on eurozone government bonds rose while the French 10-year bond yield hit its highest level since July 2002 as inflation, budget and debt risks lingered on both sides of the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The smell of smoke lingered in the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The kerfuffle lingered in headlines on Wednesday as a news outlet released surveillance video from Art of Play purporting to show Clarkson's visit.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The men lingered, talking to one another in small groups.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
The shark, nicknamed Bukangi, became an unlikely sensation after she was spotted lingering in a canal in the south-eastern port city of Busan last month.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
These cells stop dividing but remain alive, lingering in tissues rather than disappearing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The Dodgers are not benching Shohei Ohtani despite lingering injuries and a long slump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Success now will rely on turning consumers’ lingering curiosity into customer loyalty, Boyd said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The woman sweeps her gaze across us, her attention lingering ever so slightly on me.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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