loitering
Example Sentences
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We just saw crows, loitering on fence posts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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
Some front-line soldiers of Ukraine’s SBU security service, for instance, found that their Altius loitering drones crashed and failed to hit their targets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
A street policeman approaches and tells me to stop loitering, to keep moving.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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