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[hang] / hæŋ /




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At the moment, the DP World Tour looks to have emerged stronger by offering a path back to the golf establishment for those golfers who do not want to hang around for LIV 2.0.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

“It’s harder to hang out after school because of where we both live,” said Hedricks, who has a 45-minute commute from Lompoc to Goleta.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

He smiled and nodded in thanks after a supporter in the public gallery shouted "hang in there!"

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Eyelid lifts were one of the top five cosmetic surgeries last year; if you hang out in a certain corner of Instagram, you might not be able to escape the term bleph, short for blepharoplasty.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2026

“Do you promise to hang every crane I make?” she asked.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

In November, Hasina was found guilty by a Dhaka court of crimes against humanity and sentenced to be hanged -- a verdict she described as "political vengeance dressed up as law".

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

It reminds me of the old joke about the guy in the Wild West who, before he was hanged for horse stealing, said “This will be a real lesson to me,” mournfully, from the scaffold.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

Brunel, who co-founded French modelling agency Karin Models in 1977 and MC2 Model Management in the US with funding from Epstein, was found hanged in his Paris prison cell in 2022 in an apparent suicide.

From BBC Feb. 1, 2026

Medical schools received hanged criminals and deceased orphans, but demand greatly outstripped supply.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

Brown was captured alive, swiftly tried, and sentenced to be hanged a month hence.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

In its home in Bayeux, it is displayed hanging vertically.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

“We’re really hanging on by a thread,” said Marcel Wittfeld of Peekaboo Playland.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

We saw crowds of shop workers from Kyiv's biggest department store hanging around the streets during an alert, forced to leave their work place but not fearful enough to seek shelter.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Data centers “are the anchor hanging around Husted’s neck,” said the memo, which was first obtained by Axios.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

But in his excitement, he whacked his head on the bottom of a hanging lantern.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

And in the heart of the capital, near the British Museum, a pub has hung up an eight-metre embroidered "Beer Tapestry" recounting the history of brewing in a playful tribute to the more violent original.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Banners bearing photos of people killed in the protests were hung in the parliament grounds.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

With British Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson missing through injury, Werro hung on during the final straight with Broeders-Bol at her heels.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Many individual investors, like Jake Cheong, a 30-year-old accountant in Seoul, got hung out to dry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Dozens—perhaps hundreds—of blue-flamed lanterns hung from the squat ceiling.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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