stick
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Luckily for him, shareholders had to stick around for the entire bumpy, profitable ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Brown, McVay and general manager Les Snead ultimately chose to stick with the 13th-year pro and future Hall of Famer, who last season led the NFL with 14 touchdown catches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
A 2022 study of more than 150,000 former smokers compared those who did and didn’t stick to recommendations for maintaining body weight, staying physically active, eating a healthy diet and limiting alcohol consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
You have a high credit score and a long credit history, so why else would a lender stick you with a $4,000 credit limit?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
I forgot all about the stick and was trying to reach around behind me and get ahold of the monkey’s tail when another one darted in and latched onto my leg.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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
He had three hats upon his head, Together sticked fast, He cared neither for the wind nor wet, In lands where'er he past.
From Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)
"Wasn't it a real rebel, heathen man," cried Prudy, "to put the trap where Pincher sticked his foot in it?"
From Captain Horace by May, Sophie
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
It’s everyone’s song who relates to sticking it out, making it through the hard times and being there for each other at the end of the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Dring said the sticking point for many big games publishers may still be the subscription model, due to the impact it could have on traditional sales "where there is significantly more revenue".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
When the bell rang, I reached for my backpack—and discovered a small plastic container sticking out of it.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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As he approached the Alligator Hole swimming area, his vehicle slid off the road and became stuck on a mound of dirt 60 feet above a gully near Big Chico Creek, witnesses said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
While it is not known for sure if the condition has caused his appearance, many have assumed as such, and the description has stuck.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The United Nations on Friday called for the safe evacuation and repatriation of some 6,000 sailors stuck in a "dire humanitarian and human rights crisis" in the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
You would respect the movie more if it stuck with its depraved indifference to civilized behavior, rather than attempting a death-bed conversion to decency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Nollie stuck by Cocky, insisting she would have answered the same way.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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