stick
Example Sentences
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His father, he said, had been out for a walk and was using a curtain rod as a walking stick.
From BBC
Kerry Watson, 40, uses a walking stick and takes more than 100 tablets a week to deal with the agony caused by having a vaginal mesh implant to treat a prolapsed bladder in 2014.
From BBC
"Obviously there's been so much about Brooklyn having tried all these different careers, and none of them really sticking," Sharma says.
From BBC
The author makes the case for Nintendo as a company that has tried, mostly successfully, to stick to a core mission: the importance of play.
A big challenge for companies wanting to restructure is how to minimize disruption and maintain the morale of employees sticking around.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.