hook
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Grammy-winning pianist Robert Glasper’s live performance from 2010 is particularly enlightening: the audience becomes audibly excited the moment they recognize the song’s iconic piano hook, a scene that demonstrates “Sunshine’s” immortality.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Carden doesn’t want taxpayers on the hook for billions more in relief payments, so she proposes using the Defense Production Act as a solution.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
This doesn’t take employers off the hook; the vast majority contribute matching funds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
If people get hosed by, say, a bear market in stocks, taxpayers will end up on the hook supporting them anyway.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
It was a little past 6:00 P.M. before they managed to hook up enough batteries to get the first gauges working.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing hook
Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 2
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Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms, Unit 2
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Extended Writing Project, Unit 1
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