The message was gone, but the mysteries lingered.

The report acknowledged that the mystery over the illnesses reported by veterans would probably linger for years.

But the seismometers, deployed by the astronauts, eventually ran out of power and the mystery lingered.

The mystery lingered until one day in April, when the phone rang.

Several things seem evident, even as other mysteries linger.

But this summer a mystery lingers here, and the new banners are the best reminders.

Even when we understand dark matter, its mystery lingers.

But the mystique and the mystery will linger.

But the mystery of his father's identity lingers in his mind.

The winner never came forward today, so that mystery lingers for at least another day.