linger
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Joshua Joseph, the chief AI scientist at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center, compared the effect to a social-media feed and the way a few posts you linger on can quietly reshape everything you see afterward.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Methyl methacrylate can easily evaporate and linger near the ground as a dangerous vapor, according to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Finally, I always linger by the discount produce section, where mesh bags of slightly bruised or cosmetically wonky fruits and vegetables wait in cheerful little piles.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
There was no mass pitch invasion at the final whistle, while home fans did not linger.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
But I was a human being, and had a human being’s wants: I must not linger where there was nothing to supply them.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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