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linger on VB intr

1. linger on (before dying):

dahinsiechen form

2. linger on (persist):

linger on illness

linger on customs

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As of 2010, old xterm versions still linger on many computers though. en.wikipedia.org

Traces of palladian work linger on in maps and archival documents, although little is now visible of a building which was transformed in several campaigns from 1662 on. en.wikipedia.org

The longer reaction time suggests smokers craving a cigarette linger on smoking related words. en.wikipedia.org

It does not wash off easily and is said to linger on clothes for up to five years. en.wikipedia.org

Smokers linger on smoking cues compared with neutral cues. en.wikipedia.org

Conversely, a director might linger on just a particular reaction without presenting its source. www.thehindu.com

But the melody and the message -- each as horribly insistent as the other -- linger on. www.independent.co.uk

The rainwater has flowed in, and the water level will subside if we linger on for days. en.wikipedia.org

However, debates linger on the effectiveness of historically black colleges and universities. en.wikipedia.org

A few fossilized uses of the original genders linger on. en.wikipedia.org

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