as in to remain
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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Brayden Garcia
may 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026
People come in, just have a few drinks and listen to music, and then stick around and come to the next show and the next show.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
Something in him still thinks this world is worth sticking around for.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Wheatley could be a breakout player on special teams though, even with former first-round pick Isaiah Simmons sticking around.
—Mike Kaye
april 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
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Brayden Garcia
may 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026
People come in, just have a few drinks and listen to music, and then stick around and come to the next show and the next show.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
Something in him still thinks this world is worth sticking around for.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Wheatley could be a breakout player on special teams though, even with former first-round pick Isaiah Simmons sticking around.
—Mike Kaye
april 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick around
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For now, though, Lozano remains out of sight, but not out of the conversation.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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First, since no one actually knows the future, guessing, speculating, or simply making things up remains the state of the art for almost everyone involved in describing it.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Choose one direction, adjust as needed, and let clarity guide your next step forward with confidence and steady follow-through while staying flexible in how things unfold.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Church and the Fields stayed at Shirley, a plantation just southeast of Richmond.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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And the early foul trouble in Game 2 created shades of Games 2 and 3 against the Hawks, where Atlanta hung around just long enough to pull away with one-point victories to take a 2-1 series lead before the Knicks outscored them by nearly 100 points over their final three games.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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One look, for example, was styled with a tree branch hanging around the model’s shoulders with twigs and leaves in her hair.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 May 2026
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Voters who won the case wanted the transfer to happen without the waiting period to grant more time for new maps to be drawn.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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These aren’t the Knicks people spent years waiting to collapse.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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“Stick around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20around. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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