loiter
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“If they happen to loiter in an area of interest, we go to investigate that and ask the questions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
At a time when the most exciting films were 10 seconds of a train, bored teenagers probably would go berserk at the chance to loiter near an obelisk.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
During this phase, the spacecraft will follow a large "loiter" orbit that stretches roughly 2 million miles from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
It is, of course, on the policy detail that disagreements loiter.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
They loiter over the task, loading the dishwasher, wiping down the table and the butcher-block island, washing and drying the pots and pans.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Alexis Perez, 52, loiters beside the settlement where he typically spends two weeks straight, working 12-hour days before returning to his family.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
“I don’t know,” she replies, as the camera loiters on her distress.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Polaris, the North Star, loiters at the end of the dipper’s handle.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
Seemingly intent on not losing her, McSweeney follows the woman into a shop, then loiters outside until she emerges.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022
Yet still, though he has paid his adieux, he lingers there, and loiters aimlessly, as if he finds a difficulty in putting an end to the miserable tete-a-tete.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
In the days, weeks and months leading up to the release of “Michael,” the one question that loitered at the top of my mind was why Jackson’s estate wasn’t content to leave well enough alone.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
He loitered in the streets with his friends and called them “my pippin.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Border Patrol cops loitered on the sidewalks of a popular nightlife strip, where they got an earful from a passerby in a pink pointelle shirt.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2025
He hung out in hallways and loitered on Northern California elementary school campuses, apparently unafraid of being noticed.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
They passed Caesar, who loitered by one of the work sheds with a group of young hands, carving a piece of wood with his knife.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
“For privacy purposes, they’re not flying just in the sky and loitering, they’re responding at the onset of a call, usually through 9-1-1,” Warner said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
A Russian deep sea 'research' ship, the Yantar, has been seen loitering close to the points where these cables come ashore.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
AeroVironment’s Switchblade guidable, loitering munitions came to prominence in the continuing war between Russia and Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
The Defense Department last week paid AeroVironment $186 million for the first procurement in a five-year, $990 million contract for its Switchblade loitering missile systems.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
A street policeman approaches and tells me to stop loitering, to keep moving.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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