loiter

“If they happen to loiter in an area of interest, we go to investigate that and ask the questions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

We would loiter, mostly, and eat the shredded beef nachos that I still think about to this day while the plastic of our high-top Converse grilled on the scalding asphalt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

At a time when the most exciting films were 10 seconds of a train, bored teenagers probably would go berserk at the chance to loiter near an obelisk.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

By contrast, a blockade allows US warships to loiter safely, far offshore in the waters of the Gulf of Oman, track vessels emerging from Iranian ports and interdict them at will.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

From 1:00 to 2:00 we linger and loiter.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

Alexis Perez, 52, loiters beside the settlement where he typically spends two weeks straight, working 12-hour days before returning to his family.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Seemingly intent on not losing her, McSweeney follows the woman into a shop, then loiters outside until she emerges.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

This interminable shop sequence is paced so slowly that when a window closes, the image loiters until its latch drops into place.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

Four weeks later, the old, thin crescent moon finds Mars again on Dec. 31 and loiters with the Red Planet and the reddish binary star Antares.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2021

The indolent man sleeps as long as it is possible for him to sleep, dresses slowly, amuses himself in conversation with the first person that calls upon him, and loiters about till dinner.

From The Young Man's Guide by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

In the days, weeks and months leading up to the release of “Michael,” the one question that loitered at the top of my mind was why Jackson’s estate wasn’t content to leave well enough alone.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

He loitered in the streets with his friends and called them “my pippin.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Border Patrol cops loitered on the sidewalks of a popular nightlife strip, where they got an earful from a passerby in a pink pointelle shirt.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2025

Dave Roberts loitered on the top step of the dugout, his best-laid plans once again not sticking to the script.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024

Guests loitered in the two-story veranda that encircled the building, leaning over the railings or lounging against the balconies’ pillars.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

A Russian deep sea 'research' ship, the Yantar, has been seen loitering close to the points where these cables come ashore.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Aevex External link is a California-based maker of drones and loitering munitions that recently completed its IPO External link on April 17.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

We just saw crows, loitering on fence posts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

Cease your practice of copying tour pros, who have turned golf into survival of the finickiest by adhering to preshot routines that violate loitering laws in most states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

“Jane McKeene, stop loitering in the doorway like a vagrant and come in.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland