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Coco Gauff was frustrated by her mistake-filled performance during a first-round Wimbledon loss, but she is determined not to let negativity linger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Similar feelings linger for another controversial maneuver, in which Koch opted to replace the vessel’s tactician, J.J.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The “clear and present danger” for U.S. stocks is rising 10-year Treasury yields, a threat that’s likely to linger.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Upsets also tend to linger longer in the memory because they fit a familiar story: well-run clubs outperforming opponents with significantly greater resources.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

He surveys the crowd and—maybe it’s just me, but—his eyes linger on the Jewish girl in the front row.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Residual dye lingers in tanks and fuel systems, Neuman said, adding that “even trace amounts in clear diesel can bring IRS and state penalties outside the waiver window.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Yet the image of the male Viking warrior stubbornly lingers, drawing crowds while also haunting the galleries like a restless specter.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

And the ending lingers: Near the close, Kern adds four hummed bars that hold the moment a breath longer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

As the question lingers as to how Fortune died, petitions online signed by tens of thousands of people have called for more transparency, and members of US Congress have asked for federal intervention.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time I’ve never been partial to because of the sadness that lingers in the space between going and coming.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

In 1980, it was renamed the National Museum of American History, but the tension lingered.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

"He definitely lingered on the fact that he didn't look after me very well when I was going through treatment."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

After the memorial service, El-Sayed lingered for a bit to shake the hands of people in attendance.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

As the wedding approached, the cake lingered as an unresolved item.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Other structures loomed in the distance, and beyond it all lingered Lake Michigan’s vast liquid darkness.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

It is rare Arsenal are totally outclassed, so the loss to Brighton left a lingering sense of uncertainty going into the extended break.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The writer deftly moves from the hypothetical to the personal in this short poem from 1863 about grief and the lingering presence of the dead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Both he and Vrabel have said they don’t feel there have been any lingering effects from that injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

He blamed his croaky impersonation on a lingering "fresher's flu".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

I’d been stealth studying Sahil the entire time in the caf, but thankfully, he did not seem to hold any lingering awkwardness over our incident from Saturday.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon