as in drags
to move or act slowly
since they were charging by the hour, the house painters lingered in finishing up their work
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Recent Examples of lingers
The sisters have reportedly made efforts to remain active within the royal family, but a sense of distance lingers.
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Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
25 June 2026
And even then, that heat would be short-lived if the trough lingers around with cooler air to come.
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Sean MacAday,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
As summer lingers into autumn, the flower heads take on pink tones as the foliage turns a brilliant wine-red.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Even so, a pocket of detractors lingers.
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Chet Flippo,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2026
His personal club future lingers over Egypt’s World Cup, one that currently see the Pharaohs atop Group G and with a 61 per cent chance of winning the group, according to The Athletic’s World Cup tracker.
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Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
22 June 2026
Heavy rain arrives overnight and lasts through the morning commute and lingers until about noon.
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Mary Ours,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
Mary The Widow, directed by Ryan Noufer, follows an aging widow who, at her daughter’s insistence, attends a speed-dating event — where, among a string of dud dates, one gentle stranger lingers in her mind.
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Peter White,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
The camera lingers on the characters’ faces, trying to soak up their emotions and reactions.
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Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
25 June 2026
And even then, that heat would be short-lived if the trough lingers around with cooler air to come.
—
Sean MacAday,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
As summer lingers into autumn, the flower heads take on pink tones as the foliage turns a brilliant wine-red.
—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Even so, a pocket of detractors lingers.
—
Chet Flippo,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2026
His personal club future lingers over Egypt’s World Cup, one that currently see the Pharaohs atop Group G and with a 61 per cent chance of winning the group, according to The Athletic’s World Cup tracker.
—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
22 June 2026
Heavy rain arrives overnight and lasts through the morning commute and lingers until about noon.
—
Mary Ours,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
Mary The Widow, directed by Ryan Noufer, follows an aging widow who, at her daughter’s insistence, attends a speed-dating event — where, among a string of dud dates, one gentle stranger lingers in her mind.
—
Peter White,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
The camera lingers on the characters’ faces, trying to soak up their emotions and reactions.
—
Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lingers
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There’s a sense that Kaprizov depends too much on Zuccarello and that Zuccarello drags Kaprizov into the east-west game that’s the opposite of how the Wild want to play.
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As the search drags on, the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday commended police for their efforts after weeks of shooting incidents brought international attention to the city’s gun violence problem as thousands of soccer fans visit for the FIFA World Cup.
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The deal delays highly technical discussions over the mechanics of unwinding Iran’s nuclear program.
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Lowe said that the government’s statutory inquiry risks becoming another long process that delays accountability, comparing it to other British scandals where official reckoning came only years later.
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Seltz’s system crawls hundreds of millions of pages a day, and returns results in under 200 milliseconds.
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At sunset, the city starts glowing around you while traffic crawls silently below.
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The second is a vent which pokes out above your clothes, to move warm air away from you.
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Perched on a finger of land that pokes into Lebanon, Metula is usually crowded with tourists this time of year.
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“Lingers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lingers. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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