stay put
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On Monday, Bessent treated recent data as evidence the Fed should stay put.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Guardian waiting there tells him to stay put and leaves him in his chair overnight.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
A good territory allows a couple to raise a family so it makes more sense for an eagle in possession of one to stay put and wait for other eagles to come knocking, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
When a wildfire broke out near his First Nation community in northern Ontario, Hubert Wigwas decided to stay put.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Once you owned an enormous chair like this, Pearl thought, you would simply have to stay put.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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