stand around
Example Sentences
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Mortgage rates stand around 6.1%, down from about 6.9% a year ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
While a Wednesday rate cut is baked in, the odds of another quarter-point reduction in borrowing costs in January stand around 20% and barely get above coin-flip territory through the first half of next year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
He can be seen holding his right leg, apparently in pain as multiple federal agents stand around and a crowd gathers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
We’re left to stand around holding the rumpled sack.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2024
‘To stop you getting impatient, that’s why. You don’t really want to stand around at the cocktail party being all sweet and petty. She’s just making a pet out of you.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
