loiter

We would loiter, mostly, and eat the shredded beef nachos that I still think about to this day while the plastic of our high-top Converse grilled on the scalding asphalt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

At a time when the most exciting films were 10 seconds of a train, bored teenagers probably would go berserk at the chance to loiter near an obelisk.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

They used an Iranian-provided surface-to-air missile that can loiter in the sky before homing in on heat from the drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

During this phase, the spacecraft will follow a large "loiter" orbit that stretches roughly 2 million miles from Earth.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

From 1:00 to 2:00 we linger and loiter.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

Alexis Perez, 52, loiters beside the settlement where he typically spends two weeks straight, working 12-hour days before returning to his family.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Most days, Margaret — a musician with anger issues and the eldest of Christina’s three daughters — loiters just outside this boundary, occasionally helping Marion practice her singing.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

Seemingly intent on not losing her, McSweeney follows the woman into a shop, then loiters outside until she emerges.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

Besides being a novelty that loiters around your home, Amazon expects us to burden the Astro with tasks like elder care and home security.

From The Verge ● Oct. 2, 2021

His memory loiters in the limbo which always surrounds the famous dead for a few years after their decease.

From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse

In the days, weeks and months leading up to the release of “Michael,” the one question that loitered at the top of my mind was why Jackson’s estate wasn’t content to leave well enough alone.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

He loitered in the streets with his friends and called them “my pippin.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Dave Roberts loitered on the top step of the dugout, his best-laid plans once again not sticking to the script.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024

Grindset impresario and assiduous podcast guest Scott Galloway loitered by the back bar.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2024

They passed Caesar, who loitered by one of the work sheds with a group of young hands, carving a piece of wood with his knife.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The sight of tankers loitering in the Sea of Azov off the north-eastern coast of occupied Crimea is common, as there is an onshore oil loading facility at Kerch port on the peninsula itself.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

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

As Bigwig approached the hole that led into the ditch, he found two or three young bucks loitering in the run and, as usual, set himself to act his part as convincingly as he could.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams