as in remained
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
we stuck around afterwards to help clean up
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Recent Examples of stuck around
Having put that debut album to bed, and allowed the symphony to exit the stage, Nas stuck around with the live band to perform a dizzying array of song snippets hailing from elsewhere in his catalog.
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
The crowd stuck around for a long time after the collapse, one neighbor said, as people waited for updates on the status of their friends.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Unlike his more famous literary compatriots, Milan Kundera and Josef Skvorecky, Klima stuck around in Czechoslovakia, despite being forbidden from publishing for 20 years.
—Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
The fans who stuck around to the end were booing the team in the final minutes.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Still, her self-image as a not-quite actress—a conscientious objector in the age of the influencer—had stuck around.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Rinderknecht allegedly stuck around and took several more videos of the fires and the firefighters from a nearby hill.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Overstreet joined the show in season 2 and stuck around through the final season.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
The museum stuck around for four years after Klairmont’s death.
—Nina Metz, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
The crowd stuck around for a long time after the collapse, one neighbor said, as people waited for updates on the status of their friends.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Unlike his more famous literary compatriots, Milan Kundera and Josef Skvorecky, Klima stuck around in Czechoslovakia, despite being forbidden from publishing for 20 years.
—Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
The fans who stuck around to the end were booing the team in the final minutes.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Still, her self-image as a not-quite actress—a conscientious objector in the age of the influencer—had stuck around.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Rinderknecht allegedly stuck around and took several more videos of the fires and the firefighters from a nearby hill.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Overstreet joined the show in season 2 and stuck around through the final season.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
The museum stuck around for four years after Klairmont’s death.
—Nina Metz, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuck around
Verb
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He was booked into the jail in July and remained in the jail with a bond set at $50,000, according to court records.—
Lori Dunn,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Traffic concerns remained a prominent theme of the more than 100 emails the city received in early December, but many people expressed excitement at the prospect of a closer Costco.—
Rose Evans
January 8,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Allen stops by McDermott’s house now and then and has stayed for dinner.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Police said a 30-year-old Meridian man exited the vehicle and walked away from the location, while the driver stayed and cooperated with officers.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Heat still hung around, though, competing with the Nuggets in a second quarter that included six lead changes.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Anyone who buys groceries knows that higher prices have hung around just like that last guest who won't go home after a party.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Because Sutton required medical treatment, deputies waited until a later date to seek warrants for her arrest.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Another rescue tech would be lifted and dropped to the ridge where the female climber waited.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Stuck around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stuck%20around. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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