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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as in waits
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain
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as in lingers
to move or act slowly the dean tarried in making his decision, still not sure if he should suspend the student or not
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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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The town offers a mix of boutique stays, vibrant dining spots, and a welcoming LGBTQ+ scene with year-round appeal.—
Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
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Equipped with a clear sense of what heartfelt hospitality looks like, thanks to hundreds of Airbnb stays, and the belief that tourism and hospitality, done right, can conserve what’s precious, the seeds for Tella Thera were planted.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
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In our districts in suburban Cook County, a single adult waits an average of 117 days to get emergency shelter.— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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While attendance has improved following partial compensation measures, the damage to morale and institutional trust lingers.— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Evoking a lifeless image to start a conversation about energy flow was counterintuitive, but the image lingers and proves his point.— Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
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The Dolphins assuredly are considering many other offensive linemen who did not take 30 visits to team headquarters or visited without their names leaking.— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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The trip itself had been a group effort, with Cardamon and the other women organizing nearly every detail, from museum visits to restaurant reservations.— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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When delivered as intended, hospice remains one of the most compassionate and effective models of care in our healthcare system.— Tom Koutsoumpas, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
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Among them was Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, which entirely terminated all its gender affirming services for minors in July and remains the only major California institution to have done so.— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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The plan also maintains full scope Medi-Cal for asylees and other immigrant groups who were cut out of Medicaid by the federal government and delays Medi-Cal premiums for undocumented immigrants that would otherwise begin on July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2028.— Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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According to the Terner Center at UC Berkeley, each additional public funding source an affordable developer uses, on average, delays a project four months and increases total cost by $20,460 per unit — more than $2 million for a 100-unit community.— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Samba Jean-Baptiste’s music dwells in the semi-sublime state of being bored and stoned.— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
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What was intriguing about this was the fact that the TDE occurred around 10,000 light-years away from the center of this galaxy, where its supermassive black hole dwells.— Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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The share of Americans who disapprove of the job that Congress is doing stands at an all-time high as the partial government shutdown drags on, according to new polling from Gallup.— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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The longer his nomination drags on, the greater the chance that the Fed and other central banks will be able to look past the Iran war's oil-price shock and get back to worrying about a weakening labor market.— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Tarries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/tarries. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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