A number of budget issues lingered unresolved during Congress's long summer recess.
Family members said they were overjoyed that someone had finally been found legally responsible for a murder that had lingered unresolved for nearly half a century.
As long as great-power relations remain unstable, regional rivalries linger unresolved and rogue states continue to see nuclear weapons as a way of intimidating purportedly powerful adversaries, the incentive to hang on to nuclear weapons will outweigh other considerations.
And while it festered, some applications for the tax status in question lingered unresolved for over two years, while the hapless applicants were bombarded with unreasonable and intrusive requests for information, on everything from the content of their Facebook pages to the books their members read.By its own admission, the service the IRS provides to taxpayers has been getting worse.
WASHINGTON, April 26 - Karl Rove, the senior counselor to President Bush, testified for several hours on Wednesday before the federal grand jury in the C.I.A. leak case, in an appearance that was a sign of renewed attention by the special prosecutor in a matter that has lingered unresolved for months.
When it lingers unresolved, grief can lead to depression, poor school performance and increased involvement in risky behaviors.
And from where I was standing, I hadn't any lingering or unresolved feelings.
Rarely does one generate a part that haunts an actor for three decades, lingering like an unresolved relationship that refuses to be eclipsed by successes across film, theater and television.
Tensions were further inflamed by the unresolved issues lingering from the secession of South Sudan.
The United States and Japan are also eager to counter China's growing military might in a corner of the world saddled with overlapping territorial claims, unresolved conflicts and lingering historical animosity.
