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hanger

[hang-er] / ˈhæŋ ər /


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On the menu is uni pasta, hanger steak au poivre and a dry-aged burger with fries, which restaurant critic Bill Addison says doesn’t require any twists because “it’s simply a fantastic burger.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 9, 2026

From her closet, she grabbed a men’s brown leather jacket that she kept on a hanger.

From Slate Nov. 15, 2025

Its included slimline coat hanger kept everything nice and tidy.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

Five were in a hanger, waiting for spare parts and servicing.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2025

By sunset the whole party—twenty rabbits all told—had made their way up the length of the beech hanger and reached the warren.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

It reopened to vehicles four months later, but took until late 2024 to fix the hangers.

From BBC May 27, 2026

Everything is installed on earthquake hangers, “so we aren’t showered in a downpour of porcelain.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

But those hangers, he said, took up more space inside.

From MarketWatch Jan. 8, 2026

Her long-term partner, Prudence Fenton, explains in the film that she was allotted “this much” drawer space and two coat hangers when she moved in.

From Salon Apr. 15, 2025

My mood was bright as I entered the prison wearing blue jeans for the first time ever, uniforms on hangers slung over my shoulder.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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