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stuck

[stuhk] / stʌk /
ADJECTIVE
tight
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
stranded
Synonyms
ADJECTIVE
perplexed
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




Example Sentences

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It wasn’t stuck with excess inventory when that demand quickly receded, as some retail competitors were at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

"It was by where there's an old dump eroding onto the beach, and there's lots of bits of metal, so I looked down and thought it was nails stuck into something."

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The United States is looking to give former Afghan allies stuck in Qatar a choice between emigrating to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo or returning to their Taliban-ruled homeland, an activist said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Elsewhere she defined the term as “this mixture of geniality and sentiment stuck together with a sticky slime of calf’s-foot jelly.”

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

And who wants to be stuck inside a pod, anyway?

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison