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hammock

[ham-uhk] / ˈhæm ək /


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Cellular carriers will promise a 5G utopia full of doctors performing robotic surgeries while they lie on a hammock.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

“Allowing myself to go outside and read in the hammock in the middle of the day or take a walk — it felt indulgent,” she says.

From MarketWatch Dec. 10, 2025

Or, simply hang up a hammock and sway to the sound of the stream, songbirds and the gentle swoosh of the wind through the trees.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2025

When a Guna dies, they lie for a day in their hammock for family and friends to visit.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2025

Seeing him lost in the labyrinths of kinship, trembling with uncertainty, the arthritic priest, who was watching him from his hammock, asked him compassionately what his name was.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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