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In one clever bit of staging, Hamlet tarries in the forefront as the king and queen canoodle in back and guards race by mid-stage between them, fresh from sighting the former king’s ghost.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Mansionization foes, meanwhile, complained that out-of-scale homes have continued to be erected as the city tarries on citywide fixes, necessitating more immediate measures to protect neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2015

He tarries awhile in this hovel of Muscovite anguish to bring light into the souls of the people, and by token of a dusted window, into the room, the main scene of sorrow.

From Time Magazine Archive

If he wanders too far or tarries too long beyond the state's borders, he had better look back and ask, "What's Thelma up to now?"

From Time Magazine Archive

She tarries a moment longer, then peels off, and speeding like a falling star, shoots off into a cloud and is gone.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George