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
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.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuck around
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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
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Beale left with her 15-year-old son and dog, while her husband stayed to defend their house.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Austin remained below freezing for 48 consecutive hours, while the airport stayed below freezing for 50 straight hours.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Holiday’s squad hung around during a rock-fight second quarter that featured 17 total fouls and 12 turnovers, but Boston reestablished control with a 14-4 run that stretched into the second half.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Whip-Purs hung around, though, before Braden made some big plays to stem the tide.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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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