Example Sentences

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Investors have been clinging to hope that the “no hire, no fire” jobs market from August holds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025

For nearly three weeks now, more than 1,000 men, women and children from Africa have been clinging to survival in the no-man’s lands at Tunisia’s borders.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Australia have been clinging on for most of this game and were in danger of being overwhelmed on the fourth morning.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

Apple’s announcement of the Mac Studio on Tuesday may have fulfilled a dream that some Mac users have been clinging to for a couple of decades.

From The Verge • Mar. 13, 2022

It appears that investors only have passingly paid attention to my letters, and many have been clinging to various rumors and hearsay in place of analysis or original thought.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis