as in drags
to move or act slowly
since they were charging by the hour, the house painters lingered in finishing up their work
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Recent Examples of lingers
The math turns against you the moment a balance lingers, though.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
The sisters have reportedly made efforts to remain active within the royal family, but a sense of distance lingers.
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Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
25 June 2026
And even then, that heat would be short-lived if the trough lingers around with cooler air to come.
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Sean MacAday,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
As summer lingers into autumn, the flower heads take on pink tones as the foliage turns a brilliant wine-red.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Even so, a pocket of detractors lingers.
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Chet Flippo,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2026
His personal club future lingers over Egypt’s World Cup, one that currently see the Pharaohs atop Group G and with a 61 per cent chance of winning the group, according to The Athletic’s World Cup tracker.
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Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
22 June 2026
Mary The Widow, directed by Ryan Noufer, follows an aging widow who, at her daughter’s insistence, attends a speed-dating event — where, among a string of dud dates, one gentle stranger lingers in her mind.
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Peter White,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
The camera lingers on the characters’ faces, trying to soak up their emotions and reactions.
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Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
The sisters have reportedly made efforts to remain active within the royal family, but a sense of distance lingers.
—
Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
25 June 2026
And even then, that heat would be short-lived if the trough lingers around with cooler air to come.
—
Sean MacAday,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
As summer lingers into autumn, the flower heads take on pink tones as the foliage turns a brilliant wine-red.
—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
Even so, a pocket of detractors lingers.
—
Chet Flippo,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2026
His personal club future lingers over Egypt’s World Cup, one that currently see the Pharaohs atop Group G and with a 61 per cent chance of winning the group, according to The Athletic’s World Cup tracker.
—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
22 June 2026
Mary The Widow, directed by Ryan Noufer, follows an aging widow who, at her daughter’s insistence, attends a speed-dating event — where, among a string of dud dates, one gentle stranger lingers in her mind.
—
Peter White,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
The camera lingers on the characters’ faces, trying to soak up their emotions and reactions.
—
Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lingers
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Stanford research on more than 100,000 developers found that teams often feel quicker with AI early on, while at the same time racking up technical debt that drags on them later.
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Frieson then appears, drags her by the arm, and closes the door.
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As such, Propco must reapply for permits before resuming construction, which delays the project’s completion until the middle of 2027, according to the documents.
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The deal also delays the elimination of dental help for undocumented adults a year later than Newsom proposed.
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Seltz’s system crawls hundreds of millions of pages a day, and returns results in under 200 milliseconds.
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At sunset, the city starts glowing around you while traffic crawls silently below.
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The second is a vent which pokes out above your clothes, to move warm air away from you.
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Perched on a finger of land that pokes into Lebanon, Metula is usually crowded with tourists this time of year.
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“Lingers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lingers. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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