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Which sentence uses the same meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below?

Jordan loves to tarry in the park while looking at the wildlife and watching people.
A.
The hot sun made the road tarry, and the bottom of my shoes became covered in sticky resin.
B.
When a person who is sick asks you for a drink of water, you should not tarry on your way to take it to him or her.
C.
Mia's tarry in Pennsylvania was a lot of fun, because she visited the Hershey factory while she was there.
D.
Thomas and Henrietta are planning to tarry in Chicago for a day before they continue on their trip to St. Louis.

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The correct answer is B, because tarry is used to describe lingering or waiting around in the sentence and b is saying the same definition.
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