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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But New Delhi remained notably silent on the subject of domestic repression.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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After adjustments were made to address this issue, 4o remained incredibly popular.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Desler moved to stand beside the Emperor’s throne and stayed there, hands clasped behind her back.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The following year came his transfer to Manchester City, where Thornley was top scorer and captain and stayed for eight years before moving to South Shields in the north-east of England.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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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Her service was never impacted, and months later, she was assigned to Annapolis and waited for a spot to open up at the Navy flight school in Pensacola, Fla.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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At one downtown Brooklyn location, the line wrapped around the building and, at times, voters waited up to an hour to cast their ballots.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Stuck around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stuck%20around. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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