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5 : to put in a specified place or position <I stuck a cap on my head.

7 : to halt the movement or action of <The car was stuck in traffic.

the Duck(R) brand duct tape Stuck at Prom(R) Scholarship Contest will reward students for their creativity and originality in creating or accessorizing prom formalwear with duct tape.

Happily Ever After: Stuck at Prom Contest in its Fifth Year; Duct Tape Scholarship Contest Sticks Around, Awarding $5,000 to Top Winners in 2005

It's not that there is something wrong with us, or that we're incapable of letting go--it's just that we are stuck in a particular way of receiving the information about what happened.

From stuck to liberated: accepting and letting goooo

I got stuck in soft dirt and was surrounded by trees,'' said the dehydrated man, whose legs were covered with scrapes from his night hikes in search of help.

SAFE BACK HOME RESCUERS FIND OFF-ROADER LOST ON FOREST LAND

Thousands of pounds burned up there over the years,'' said Stuck.

$2 MILLION IN FINES, FEES FIRM HIT FOR PREDECESSOR'S ILLEGAL ACTS

Being stuck on the Interstate 10 is like being eaten by a giant anaconda.

DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION WANTED: A LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT IN TRAFFIC JAMS

Alexander Betaivaz's body was found about one-third of a mile from his Toyota Corolla, which was discovered stuck in sand along a narrow path through the sagebrush several miles past the western end of Rosamond Boulevard.

MISSING MAN'S BODY FOUND NEAR HIS STALLED CAR; 80-YEAR-OLD GLENDALE RESIDENT HAD CALLED HOME THREE WEEKS AGO TO SAY HE WAS LOST

The spokesman denied an activist group's allegation that ``persistent leaking left the huge machine stuck in an underground mountain of mud.

SUBWAY TUNNELLING HALTED TWICE THIS MONTH

Stuck in the ooze, the female mastodon raised her tusks to the sky, making one final effort to break free of the sticky tar that dragged her down.