dangle
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If they sense you’re a bored retiree, they will dangle the allure of giving your life renewed purpose.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
In the dining room, vintage Doyle Lane ceramic beads dangle from a Mission-style wooden clock while designer handbags are draped over chairs and hat racks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Today’s hottest stocks have very long durations since they pay small or no dividends and dangle distant profits when they’re expected to dominate AI or space or whatever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Here’s what can’t be denied: The Sunshine State’s reputation as the nation’s dangle, Heaven’s lobby, and a land of swamp creatures and crocodile wrestlers and Disneyworld and Mar-A-Lago and, somehow, Miami.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
Elephant-ear-shaped leaves the size of our shuttle dangle from trees.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Time stands still at the nearby burnt-out house of the Siman Tov family, where a wind chime dangles by the door.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A camera strap dangles off George Rodriguez’s shoulder as he glances around the gallery in search of his favorite image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Love Is Blind”’s gamification dangles the promise of a deeper emotional connection, which was especially appealing when lockdowns closed community third spaces and further cemented TV as a dominant cultural hub.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
She has gathered nature-inspired artworks in “Slow Looking” to draw us in and get us to look for longer, though she dangles the rewards at a distance: “The beauty will not automatically reveal itself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Pop Pop’s good leg is propped up on the couch, while his World War II one dangles off the edge.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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It’s unlikely she’d talk about the cabinet appointment Ronald Reagan dangled in front of her as she worked tirelessly to get him elected, the cabinet appointment she never got.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Several members equipped with climbing harnesses clambered up a small tree on the school’s front lawn and dangled from its limbs on climbing ropes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Once Williams committed to playing doubles, Wimbledon all but dangled a singles wild card in front of Williams’s face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The United States and Cuba held talks this week on a US offer of $100 million in assistance, which Washington has dangled as an incentive for reforms, a US official said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
In the produce market, short bananas dangled above glossy eggplant and bumpy avocados.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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They are easily identified as Jewish settlers by the white tassels dangling from their hips, a religious garment worn by Orthodox men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
According to their report, investigators observed “the center conductor dangling free from the bridge section of the tower; it appeared that the remaining two conductors were not bored down to the tower bridge.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Their surfaces do not contain dangling bonds, which makes it difficult to grow an extremely thin dielectric film evenly across them.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Footage from inside showed rescue workers in orange overalls and white helmets picking their way through a mass of twisted steel, dangling cables and chunks of ceiling.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Out on this windswept fell, she felt exposed, like a caterpillar dangling on a thread.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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