linger
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“Dune: The Experience” is also built for attendees to linger, as it will feature an area with themed food and cocktails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The “clear and present danger” for U.S. stocks is rising 10-year Treasury yields, a threat that’s likely to linger.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Upsets also tend to linger longer in the memory because they fit a familiar story: well-run clubs outperforming opponents with significantly greater resources.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The impact of the disruptions could linger into 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
I linger, feeling the wind on my face.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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
As the question lingers as to how Fortune died, petitions online signed by tens of thousands of people have called for more transparency, and members of US Congress have asked for federal intervention.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
For all the sore glutes and calves, what lingers most is the appeal of turning this into a weekend ritual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
There’s a silence that lingers between us, but it means something now.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
The match eventually resumed on the fourth day and the cancellation of the tour was narrowly avoided, but mistrust and ill-feeling between England and Pakistan lingered for years later.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Inflation has lingered at levels well above the central bank’s target of 2.5% for a long time, and officials are now indicating they can no longer afford not to act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
In 1980, it was renamed the National Museum of American History, but the tension lingered.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
After the memorial service, El-Sayed lingered for a bit to shake the hands of people in attendance.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Danny lingered in the map room as long as he could.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
It has been lingering off Malaysia since discharging the crude to another vessel in a ship-to-ship transfer in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Both he and Vrabel have said they don’t feel there have been any lingering effects from that injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
He blamed his croaky impersonation on a lingering "fresher's flu".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The wide spread may have been a lingering artifact of the Eurozone debt crisis that followed the financial crisis, but either way, it has started to widen.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
While he waited, Pax licked his fur dry and clean, taking comfort in the lingering Peter-scent he found there.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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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