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hanging in



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"We don't talk about it much. There's no gold records hanging in the bathroom or anything like that."

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Visiting the Pochaina flea market 10 days after the Russian attack, AFP journalists could still smell the mix of burnt metal and plastic hanging in the air.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

His second reason to remain upbeat is that most stocks have been hanging in there even as major indexes drop, due to “resilient” market breadth — the number of stocks rising versus those falling.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

The virus can spread through coughing and sneezing — hanging in the air and living on surfaces for hours after an infected person has left a room.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Galileo’s picture is an old oil painting, like something that should be hanging in the de Young Museum in San Francisco.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm




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