hang

Outside a closed church in the area, a cut cable recently hung on a pole, with fiber-optic wires dangling on a tree.

Each year Ellie Goan hangs two special decorations on her Christmas tree, a star and bauble - reminders of the two pregnancies she lost.

But all of it hung, to some degree, on whether Witkoff could unlock the conflict his boss had pledged during his campaign to resolve in a single day.

"We would ask people to be vigilant of anyone seen hanging around businesses or retail premises during the early hours of the morning."

The buffeted reader must either hang on—or give up.