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verb

• be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

• hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

• be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

• hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

26%10 What lingers in the mouth
noun

• an afterimage of a taste

26%7Lingers aimlessly
verb

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

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New York Times03 Jun 1989 Down 39
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