stuck around

past tense of stick around

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stuck around The image of Norton on a bucking bronco points to another reason why the growing pool of creative talent that Jaques has lured into his path — legitimately or sneakily — have stuck around. Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 With Michigan stealing a 13-12 win over the Broncos in dramatic fashion, the fans who stuck around in The Big House stormed the field to celebrate. Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 Much of the crowd stuck around to see what could wind up being the 46-year-old's final Grand Slam singles match, a loss to Sofia Kenin, but the timing itself was a challenge. ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026 After the song, Nicks stuck around to deliver an apparently extemporaneous tribute to Rodrigo’s artistry and activism that seemed to push the younger singer close to tears. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Unique features like the brick base at the bottom of the walls and the large stone fireplace also have stuck around. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026 The same is true for others such as Pintaro, who logged two scoreless innings Friday and stuck around for Saturday. Will Sammon, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Benny Stulwicz was not meant to be a series regular, but Larry Drake made such a big impression in the first season that the developmentally disabled office messenger stuck around through the end of the series. Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026 Rüfüs du Sol was the last of three EDM acts who drew massive crowds — or, more likely, the same crowd that just stuck around for all three sets — at the biggie Lands Ends Stage. Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuck around
Verb
  • Thin partitions marked an early attempt to slice the space into smaller rooms, but the original brick walls remained bare, shivering with cobwebs, where someone had pasted a picture of a man, holy hands bracketing a redbrick heart.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Yet, the oxygen isotopes in these primitive samples remained virtually untouched by parent-body alteration.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The rest of the look stayed within the same whimsical, slightly off-kilter register.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The ones who stayed did their best to get back to some sort of normalcy.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The chip of bone was placed in a circular container called a reliquary and hung around the saint’s neck.
    Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The seven-word message became the Washington Commanders’ game-day creed in 2024 and has hung around ever since — literally.
    Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But in recent weeks, hundreds, if not thousands, of immigrants — babies, children and elderly adults included — have waited for hours outside its doors to attend routine hearings.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier that month, Greg Rogers, chief fiscal officer for the Education Department, said the department waited before requesting additional funds to determine how many students would actually use the accounts they were approved to receive.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Stuck around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stuck%20around. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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