hanger-on
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Instead, the question is met with a punchline, as Kara admits to her hanger-on that she’s known as Supergirl.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
When Thoreau set out for his first of his three chronicled trips to Cape Cod in 1849, he was a virtually unknown hanger-on to America’s foremost public intellectual, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Nicole’s father, Lou Brown, at the time called the book “T-R-A-S-H” and labeled Resnick a hanger-on who hadn’t been very close to his daughter at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
In “The Bear,” Matty Matheson, the Canadian chef and restaurateur, plays the hanger-on and handyman Neil, his first scripted role.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
She was with that whole Zach Powers crew, and not as a hanger-on either.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
The last of them, these spent survivors, these hangers-on, had trudged to the Citrus Show to talk about the real problem, which was the disease.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
The way I see it, many Epstein hangers-on believed they were doing nothing wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
A political get together, a party conference for the politicians, members, and associated hangers-on, would never transform a prime minister's fortunes with the public overnight.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
These weren’t groupies or hangers-on, they were friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2024
The other boosters and parents and hangers-on traveled from one end of the practice field to the other in friendly little packs.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
