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be suspended

VERB
hover
Synonyms
STRONGEST
drift flicker flutter fly linger poise waver
STRONG
dance flit flitter
WEAK
brood over hang about wait nearby
Antonyms
WEAK
lie rest settle
VERB
levitate
Synonyms
STRONG
drift float fly hang hover rise soar
WEAK
defy gravity
Antonyms
STRONG
land
VERB
overhang
Synonyms
STRONG
beetle command endanger extend impend jut loom menace overtop poke portend pouch project protrude threaten
WEAK
be imminent cast a shadow dangle over droop over flap over rise above stand out stick out swing over tower above
Antonyms
STRONG
aid assist help keep save

Example Sentences

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The other five reactors were shut between 2022 and 2025 and plans to dismantle them will now be suspended.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

If found culpable, he could be suspended from the practice of law or disbarred in D.C.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

After four months his drivers license will be suspended and personal property, like a car, could be repossessed, or even be subject to wage garnishment.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

The sentences are expected to be suspended, to the outrage of lawyers for the victims.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The work was delicate and exhausting, and had to be suspended for a time to permit Michelson a brief but comprehensive nervous breakdown, but by 1887 they had their results.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson