hang over
Example Sentences
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Some of the sharper moves came from companies announcing takeovers of rivals, but the larger market remained listless as several worries hang over Wall Street.
From Seattle Times
"It's not a number where the Fed could relax, therefore investors could have confidence this is still going to hang over the market's head and that coupled with a narrow leadership in equity markets in addition with the uncertainty around the debt ceiling is going to create some near-term consternation."
From Reuters
Our past doesn’t hang over us, it’s woven into our very being.
From Los Angeles Times
Today, visitors to Franconia Notch State Park can “see” the Old Man’s profile through a series of steel rods driven into a granite base that hang over a lake and point toward the cliff.
From Seattle Times
For many, poverty and despair hang over them like a toxic cloud.
From Los Angeles Times
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