tarries 1 of 2

plural of tarry
as in stays
a temporary residing as another's guest a fable about the tarry of two Americans in a Scottish village that every century magically comes into existence for a day

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tarries

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tarry
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as in visits
to reside as a temporary guest he tarried with us all summer, sleeping on the screened-in porch most nights

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Noun
  • Former hospital Balderry Inn, onetime school Federal Pointe Inn, and former field hospital Battlefield Bed & Breakfast are all said to offer highly spirited stays.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Now savvy travelers can use the brand’s exacting standards to discover extraordinary stays, following the unveiling of the first set of global Michelin Key hotels at a ceremony in Paris on October 8.
    Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Jets could be missing QB Justin Fields to a concussion again (still uncertain as of Thursday; Tyrod Taylor waits).
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One scene showed a door swinging open as the camera lingers on a pair of boots belonging to Jones herself.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Vanilla, sandalwood, and musk create this creamy, warm finish that lingers without being heavy.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Michelin Guide top hotels Michelin’s inspectors evaluate hotels via anonymous stays or visits, according to the company’s website.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In April, Sutton noticed Aetna was downcoding higher complexity office visits.
    Kenzi Abou-Sabe, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With more than 600 million copies of the books sold worldwide, and everything related to them continuing to do well years after the initial release of the books, one wonders how this series remains popular despite the deluge of young adult novels (and controversy) that followed it.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
  • At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it remains undetermined.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These early shifts—less COVID vaccination; fewer options for flu, MMR, and chickenpox vaccines; and, perhaps soon, delays to the hepatitis-B schedule—may seem benign enough.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Too much light in the evening — that extra hour from daylight saving time — delays that surge and the cycle gets out of sync.
    Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Linda also drags her daughter to a clinic for regular treatments, none of which seem to do any good.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The White House has also warned that federal workers will be fired, and floated the possibility of denying back pay to furloughed employees, if the shutdown drags on much longer.
    Kevin Breuninger,Erin Doherty, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Chalamet crawls out of the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird chamber and chucks the helmet to the ground, displaying his now shaven head.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Arisu crawls onto a mound of rubble for momentary relief, and is met with an angry Banda.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Tarries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tarries. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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