lingered

The study found that the longer a policy is in place, the longer the behaviors spurred by the policy lingered on.

In its neglect, it unwittingly allowed the floodgates of far-right rhetoric to burst open, giving a voice and platform to ideologies that once lingered in the corners of society.

Beltway Democrats were quick to declare the pandemic over, despite the well-documented economic dislocation that lingered.

I lingered to see if we might chat.

They lingered especially long into last week, before Ford came screaming across the field on a shallow drag route last Friday, deep in the red zone.