as in to stick (to)
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Tina Knowles remembers growing up in a loving and raucous family of nine.—
Sara Sidner,
CNN Money,
11 May 2025 -
He is best remembered in art and literature, however, for his showdown with Attila the Hun, leader of one of the most powerful fighting forces of its age.—
Alison Hudson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 May 2025
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James scurried after and hugged both his father and grandfathers' legs.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Whitmer hugged Trump at the event, less than one month after she was photographed hiding her face at an Oval Office meeting with the president.—
Jonathan Easley,
The Hill,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Fixate (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixate%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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