hang-up
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The biggest hang-up with his nomination was not that there was a lack of organic support among Senate Republicans.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026
Here’s my hang-up: Artificial intelligence genuinely freaks me out.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
The hang-up was over the potential for Nvidia processors to eventually end up in China.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
Fire crews responding to a 911 hang-up call about 2:22 a.m. found a 1,096-square-foot, single-story home on fire in the 3500 block of South May Street, according to a Fire Department news release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Maybe it was my own personal hang-up, but I felt like both girls were waiting to see if I would flip out or something.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
These unofficial sessions, in which Daphne recalls wholesome, inspiring moments of communion with Eddie, cure her of pretty much all her childhood hang-ups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
In the album "we advocate for a youth free from hang-ups, a cultural reappropriation, a new relationship with the world" he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
But it does allow The Captain to get to a place at the end where he can move beyond his personal hang-ups and start thinking about his people and the bigger picture.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
For instance, seemingly every day there are men suffering hang-ups about their masculinity, their fertility, or their paternity.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2024
And in any case, he would never go back to her, not after everything she did to him, to us—all the harassment, all those late-night phone calls, hang-ups, text messages.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
