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
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.
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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
Viewers who stuck around to the end also got their very own love letter written by Han herself as a thank you for watching.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
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
Viewers who stuck around to the end also got their very own love letter written by Han herself as a thank you for watching.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuck around
Verb
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The Lancers remained patient, chipping away until taking a 17-16 lead after three straight OLP errors, including Prior and Charlotte Wickstrand colliding on a ball, which knocked Wickstrand out for the set.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Hundreds of flights were canceled and ferries and fishing boats remained in port as the storm crossed the archipelago.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After their escape, the Yemassee macaques stayed close to the facility, snatching at the apples that surrounded the traps and cooing at the troop members who remained behind the fence.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Shane McClanahan has missed two straight seasons with injuries, but the rest of the rotation stayed healthy this year, and some young players emerged (as so often happens with this team).—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Afterward, Mazzulla, who was the starting point guard on a Final Four team at West Virginia, hung around to chat with reporters, then watched a follow-up game held between two teams of media members.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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The first unit, with Sam Rinzel up top, created some high-end chances but hung around the perimeter a little too much.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 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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