stick around

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Recent Examples of stick around After a special screening of the film in VistaVision held in New York City on Sunday afternoon, DiCaprio, Taylor, Infiniti, del Toro, Hall, and Penn stuck around to chat about the feature in a wide-ranging Q&A. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2025 The first-term Democrat then made clear that the state flag would be sticking around, for now. Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025 Back in 2005, when her basketball loving young children were auditioning for a kids dance squad, Hamilton was asked to stick around to audition for the adult squad. Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025 Critics aren’t sticking around in the stands for Him at 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, and last night’s audience wasn’t impressed at 59%. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stick around
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Verb
  • National parks appear to have weathed summer crowds despite staffing cuts, but fall remains uncertain.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Sometime Tuesday or Wednesday is the forecast for when the storms will be closest if remaining independent, and each will be due east of the coast between Wilmington in North Carolina and the state border of South Carolina and Georgia.
    Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Book Now Oku Hotels doesn't have a loyalty program, but new subscribers to the company's Oku Insider newsletter receive 10 percent off their first Oku Hotels stay.
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In its first years, the inn's guests would arrive by train and stay for months at a time, which explains why the rooms feature large cabinets.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Recruitment flyers featuring the words engraved on the bullet casings of the man who shot and killed Charlie Kirk were reportedly distributed and hung around Georgetown University‘s campus.
    Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The risk that inflation hangs around is elevated since inflation expectations could be up, Adams said.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The city appears to be waiting to reckon with Mamdani as mayor, with the three other candidates likely to split the opposition vote.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Her thoughts immediately turned to her daughter, Denise, who was outside waiting for her.
    NBC News, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025

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