as in to stick (to)
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For those new to (our) football or too young to remember, there was a time when groundskeepers tried to outdo each other with stripes of flattened grass.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025 -
Nearly half of respondents - 47% - said Trump would be remembered as one of the worst presidents in history.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
29 Apr. 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 4 May. 2025.
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