stick at
Example Sentences
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Based on the CPI numbers, many economists expected February’s core PCE inflation to stick at 3% or 3.1%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
That evidence included DNA recovered from a stick at the scene which was 3.8 billion times more likely to have come from Singh than a random member of the public.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
On Wednesday, Gomes threw a couple other names into the potential mix: Prospects Miguel Vargas and Michael Busch, both of whom are infielders by trade but have yet to stick at any one spot defensively.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023
“They have a real big future ahead if they stick at it,” Rossdale jokes about the Fab Four.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023
Ma is lighting an incense stick at the small altar of statues tucked in an alcove behind the kitchen counter.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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