stuck

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Four people who had been stuck in the cycle of sending hundreds of applications and rarely hearing back have shared the one thing they did differently to secure their first jobs.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

For now, counties like Hood remain stuck in purgatory, watching rapid development overwhelm their communities while waiting for state policy to catch up.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

But Arnott’s comments came before the granddaddy of them all did something surprising: It stuck to its rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Within 20 seconds I was like, I stuck my finger in a light socket,” Danson told W. Kamau Bell on the “Who’s With Me?” podcast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“It’s so obvious! You’d have to have your head stuck in an unlit fox hole not to see the difference.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el