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as in to put
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything
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as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it
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as in to squeeze
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site
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as in clam
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Recent Examples of stick
Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 21 Jan. 2026
But Miami doesn’t want to take Mensah to mess with Duke for funsies any more than Duke wants to keep Mensah to stick it to Miami.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2026
In a large bowl, mix together a stick of butter, a spoonful of Dijon mustard, and the shredded cheese.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Bush Hager also said something that stuck in my head.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 21 Jan. 2026
But Miami doesn’t want to take Mensah to mess with Duke for funsies any more than Duke wants to keep Mensah to stick it to Miami.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
Following the acclaim of his first two mixtapes, Scott recalls wanting to release his debut album as an action figure that included a USB stick.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2026
In a large bowl, mix together a stick of butter, a spoonful of Dijon mustard, and the shredded cheese.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick
Verb
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But rinsing also removes the starch water after the noodles are strained, which is what helps adhere sauce to noodles.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2026
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Overall, Finaret wouldn’t recommend that her patients adhere strictly to the new guidelines, especially because of their emphasis on animal proteins and her concerns about relying too much on produce rather than whole grains for fiber.—
Sarah Todd,
STAT,
16 Jan. 2026
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In those two top nominees, the film academy put its full force behind a pair of visceral and bracingly original American epics that each connected with a fraught national moment.—
JAKE COYLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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The message echoing through the halls of Davos this year was that businesses and governments should no longer be putting plans in place to navigate periods of temporary disruption.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles police broke up an unruly crowd after a man was stabbed following the MLK Day Parade in Crenshaw.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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James allegedly admitted to stabbing Amber in the couple's home in Coralville, Iowa, according to Muddy River News, citing a criminal complaint filed with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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In any case, makers of non-AI systems could potentially be squeezed into this definition, so all software and systems developers should be mindful of whether their automation could fall into this zone.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The loss of those supplies — and the hard currency Havana earned by reselling part of them — has further squeezed an already fragile economy.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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As Webster repeatedly jabbed his finger, Rathbun met it with his left hand, as if trying to swat him away.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Even if all that remained was a single tooth or a pinky finger, that person deserved a marker and a name.—
Jeffrey Bennett,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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Pier 39 isn’t just about clam chowder and souvenir shops.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Wilmer operated a commercial fishing boat named the Denni Wade, and during the 1980s made his living farming clams and oysters.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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The beam is magnitudes stronger than a medical X-ray, and can rapidly identify minute traces of chemicals from ink that has been erased, said University of Wisconsin physics researcher Minhal Gardezi, part of the Hipparchus team.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Never use your high-beam lights.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Los Alamitos outscored Corona del Mar 17-14 in the third quarter to make a brief push.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
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White dwarfs are the type of stellar corpses that are left behind when stars with similar masses as the sun run out of hydrogen in their cores and can no longer generate the energy to support themselves against the inward push of their own gravity.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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