stick together
Britishverb
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Metaphorically alluding to the satirical newspaper “The Onion,” the narrator says that to pull off this operation, the team had to stick together like layers of an onion: “Never forget, onion is strength.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Particles could break apart, stick together, drift toward the Sun, or become trapped in certain regions.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
This is what you achieve if you work hard and stick together in tough moments - and we have had a few.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
This is all thanks to The Cookout, an alliance of Black players who secretly agreed to stick together near the top of the season expressly to achieve that purpose.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2021
There’s not a lot of students of color at Livingston Middle School, but it’s true that we tend to stick together.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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