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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
Krupa said it’s presumed that Celia Grayson ultimately made it to freedom in Canada, but Eliza stuck around in Chicago to work as a housekeeper.
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Iger, of course, stuck around as executive chairman, taking a hands-on role with the company’s creative output.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
First movie did great, second movie did OK, but the longer it was stuck around in the DVD player, the more people watched it, the more people loved it.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
While the professional circus operations eventually moved on, Peru's big top legacy stuck around, and the town has been home to the Peru Amateur Circus since 1960.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
After helping Walt build Disneyland, Fowler stuck around to manage the fledgling park for the first 10 years of its existence.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Iger, of course, stuck around as executive chairman, taking a hands-on role with the company’s creative output.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
First movie did great, second movie did OK, but the longer it was stuck around in the DVD player, the more people watched it, the more people loved it.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
While the professional circus operations eventually moved on, Peru's big top legacy stuck around, and the town has been home to the Peru Amateur Circus since 1960.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
After helping Walt build Disneyland, Fowler stuck around to manage the fledgling park for the first 10 years of its existence.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuck around
Verb
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Colin Gray has remained behind bars since his arrest a day after the shooting.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Several lanes of the highway remained closed Saturday afternoon while authorities cleared the scene.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Her presentation style is elegant in its simplicity—a young, independent name, Allen has stayed clear of expensive runway productions and instead insists on showing her collections by appointment.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
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The smiles just grew wider as the US players were awarded their medals on the ice – Knight receiving the biggest cheer from both her own teammates and the thousands of supporters who had stayed to watch the ceremony.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Knight ducked her head and smiled when the medal was hung around her neck, her face a mix of pride and exhaustion.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Republicans up and down the ticket will pay the price of having an albatross like our corrupt Attorney General hung around their neck.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Qasem Awad has waited for more than a year for his son’s killer to be brought to justice.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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After Harvey, communities waited years for recovery funds while the feds flagged problems with how Texas managed the money.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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