loiter
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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
It is, of course, on the policy detail that disagreements loiter.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
I loiter near the smithy door for long minutes before entering.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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
Polaris, the North Star, loiters at the end of the dipper’s handle.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 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
He loiters with the briar rose, The blue-bells are his play-fellows, That dance upon their slender stem.
From Literary Byways by William Andrews
A gaggle of reporters and neighbors loitered around the property filming as a helicopter hovered overhead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
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
Grindset impresario and assiduous podcast guest Scott Galloway loitered by the back bar.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2024
On the window seat a raven loitered, pale, huge, its feathers ruffled.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
“For privacy purposes, they’re not flying just in the sky and loitering, they’re responding at the onset of a call, usually through 9-1-1,” Warner said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
AeroVironment’s Switchblade guidable, loitering munitions came to prominence in the continuing war between Russia and Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 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
A street policeman approaches and tells me to stop loitering, to keep moving.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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