loiter
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They can loiter over the battlefield as long as 20 hours on a single tank of fuel, allowing them to wait for mobile missile launchers to emerge from hiding and then strike them.
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
In the Plus bonus mini-episode: Starbucks wanted to be a classy Italian espresso house, but it became a modern milkshake shop for teens to loiter and flirt.
From Slate • Oct. 19, 2024
It’s paired with increasingly frequent cleaning, more transit officers and a sweeping of the cars, so passengers don’t loiter or pass out on the seats.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
The engines crooned mellifluously as McWatt throttled back to loiter and allow the rest of the planes in his flight to catch up.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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