linger
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It also means that inflation concerns could linger for longer.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
“It’s just the last thing I want to think about. The last thing I want to linger on.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
As investors continue to monitor a fragile cease-fire agreement between the U.S. and Iran as the two countries negotiate a peace plan, inflation worries linger due to the spike in oil prices.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026
The effects are likely to linger, even if the cease-fire holds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Small fiddler crabs scurried around me, too fearful to get close but curious enough to linger nearby.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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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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