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as in nowhere
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities grew up in the sticks and is used to traveling miles just to get a loaf of bread

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stick
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as in adheres
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems

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“Sticks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sticks. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.

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