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Lingering financial-stability concerns tied to rising household debt and the property market have also constrained the central bank’s ability to lower borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Lingering inflation could discourage the Fed from cutting its key U.S. interest rate in December for the third meeting in a row.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

Lingering doubts about Merck’s experimental heart pill pretty much vanished Sunday, when the drugmaker showed it cut levels of harmful LDL cholesterol as effectively as today’s injectable drugs.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

Lingering showers are expected to peter out by Wednesday evening, with drying and warming winds sweeping across the county that night.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

Yet, loveliest are thy setting smiles, and fair, Fairest of all that earth beholds, the hues, That live among the clouds, and flush the air, Lingering and deepening at the hour of dews.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry