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stick

[stik] / stɪk /








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“I wasn’t actually planning to stick to my diet on this trip.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The school board’s vote was 5 to 2, with officials keen to follow legally required steps and timelines, laid out in union contracts, to make the layoffs stick.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Now software stocks are scraping themselves off the floor—but are still behind the curve as big investors stick with what has worked.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Hours later, the country’s best women’s lacrosse player was back on that wall, simmering, practicing once more with that fifth-grade stick.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

He just smiled, nodded his head, and pointed with his stick.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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