Checking
Stay
Stay noun - A temporary residing as another's guest.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Though you can stay on top of new plot developments by checking every other day, you'd better go back and reread them later in batches to get the proper pacing and coherency.
Source: Writing for the Trade -
He played it straight by playing the role of a male with unrequited feelings for a female friend checking off sub-trope after sub-trope like wanting to stay up all night, dreaming about the woman, being sad but supportive of a new guy for the woman.
Source: Just Friends -
Aesop Amnesia: Palomita never learns to lock doors and windows before stripping and bathing, keeps falling for slick guy's promises, always wears tiny bathing suits than never stay in place, always goes for nude sunbathing/nude swimming without checking her surroundings first, etc.
Source: Comic Strip / Palomita
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