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Yet, Inouye-Perez and Fernandez not only chose to stick around the game, but to reinvest their time in furthering the league and sport altogether.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Better to stick to what you know best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
CMS could also issue guidelines setting caps on payments to providers, though legislation might be required to make this stick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sarwar had said he would stick around as leader to steady the ship, but his swift exit contradicts that position and is a source of controversy for some.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
At the front of the pack, the bearish boy stretched his stick toward the red.shoed girl.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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At the other end of the ice, Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made four saves and sticked away the puck from a danger area with the Canadiens buzzing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
Coyotes winger Jordan Szwarz high sticked Schmidt to give Washington its next go-round on the power play.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2013
‘There’s a middlin’ big log sticked in the dirt at Rabbit Shaw, and’—he flicked his whip back along the line—’so they’ve sent for us all.’
From Rewards and Fairies by Kipling, Rudyard
Her kerchief on a pole sticked she, Askance, that he should it well y-see, And should remember that she was behind, And turn again, and on the strand her find.
From Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir
An' my fi'-cents It sticked in my tin bank, an' I ist tore Purt' nigh my thumbnail off, a-tryin' to git It out—nen smash it!—An it's in there yit!
From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Fulton, Robert I.
Speaking later on Sunday, Lula said he would continue to lead "without anyone's interference," and that "in Brazil, we do not accept anyone sticking their nose where it doesn't belong".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The government held two rounds of talks with CJP leaders on Monday and Friday but little headway was made initially, with the youth-led movement sticking to their demands.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
“That requires you to have a real rate of about 3%, so that people keep their money on deposit rather than sticking to real assets,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
And yet, “Obsession” is sticking in those conversations, even generating some light award buzz way ahead of Oscar season.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
And less sticking means that less potential energy builds up in the fault.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Cherneff: One letter that really stuck with me was written by a woman named Lucy Lee, who described being freed and immediately being told that her children could not go with her.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
It has not yet priced who gets stuck with the bill.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Klein, who issued two walks and gave up a single before the homer, said he’s been working to recapture the feeling of driving down the mound, as opposed to getting stuck over the rubber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
As he stuck his landing, his coach Jake Seager fell to his knees celebrating before the two embraced.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
It was bad enough to be stuck there on that sharecropper’s farm; but to have a little daughter and a twisted leg, and not be able to do anything for her, hurt worst of all.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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