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
If Betts can stick at shortstop, it would free Tommy Edman to play more center field.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
But he was determined to stick at it, and not take the risk.
From Reuters • May 12, 2023
He said: "I was waiting in the wind, hanging in this bucket, effectively, with every camera you could shake a stick at."
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2023
As soon as that piece of tinder is consumed—that stick at the edge of the fire—your son is destined to die.’”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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