sticky

Example Sentences

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The back rooms of the La Brea Tar Pits are, at the moment, a maze of packing crates tagged with handwritten sticky notes that say things like “bison skulls” or “camel hip.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Stocks, meanwhile, are likely to navigate the current labor market resurgence, and the Fed rate-hike wagers that come with it—even with a sticky patch of challenges for the market expected over the coming weeks.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay sought reassurance that Murrell "didn't get his sticky fingers on any public money".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The beige book is “the latest warning sign that inflation is quickly turning into a sticky problem,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Clare reached up to inspect the source of Nine’s horror and found the sticky pulp he’d smashed over himself earlier.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman