linger
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Couples hold hands and linger, pausing as they realize a performance is underway.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Best not linger on that one for too long.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
There are also risk factors that continue to linger.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The stock is falling as spending fears linger.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
It was beautiful of course; I knew that, and those chairs and tables probably without price, but for all that I had no wish to linger there.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing linger
The Diary of Anne Frank
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List 5
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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