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What does lingers mean?

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Verb
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger
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The camera lingers for a few seconds, and audiences let out a collective gasp.
It may have become faded now, some stones might have been dislodged, but the beauty of what once was still lingers.
The camera lingers lovingly on the visage of David Beckham in the Manchester United dug-out.
Desire lingers even if that which we desire forever eludes us, forever remains beyond embodiment.
The streets are littered with pollution and the smell of stale urine lingers in the air.
The condition is one that often lingers for weeks and could sideline a player for a month or more should the tendon snap.

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