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Drones typically hover above a vehicle or move close enough to it for an observer to award them a “kill.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The drones hover over the farmers, broadcasting warnings such as "it's hot, you need to go inside" to remind them to take breaks and cool down.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

A scream, said county officials, is considered operational noise, and decibel levels should hover somewhere around 50 dBa during peak hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

America’s crude inventories are flirting with dangerous levels, while exports of gasoline and diesel hover near records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

She usually likes to come to my appointments and hover, but she tells me she’s swamped.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Major estimates that the average net worth among his California clients hovers near $250 million — a million of which they’ll likely end up spending to get another passport.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Of course, devotion to principle and decorum sometimes hovers close to sanctimony, but there is a human side to Mr. Alexander as well, and even humor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The rate for the former hovers at around 5.8% versus 6.4% for the latter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

For Morrison, writing fiction was a form of “literary archaeology,” excavating history, and how the past hovers over the present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

A tall lady with fiery red hair in a long ponytail hovers in the doorway behind him.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Shares of Mattel hovered around $14.72 midday, down 0.5%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Graduate unemployment has hovered around the 35-40% level for the last 25 years.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Searching for direction, I found guidance in professor and documentary filmmaker Carolyn Strachan, whose average RateMyProfessor score hovered somewhere around 2.1.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

As mortgage rates hovered above 6% for the last few years, many home buyers made a calculated bet.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Both of them greeted us at the door when we arrived, while Dari hovered behind them in the house.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Nearly two months later, residents of Boyle Heights say the clean-up has taken a lot longer than expected, and they've grown frustrated with the pungent odour hovering over the area.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

According to the Bild daily an airport employee saw the drone hovering near the Ukrainian plane and brought it to the ground until police arrived.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

But it articulates the logic hovering around the episode: If Americans can be taught to eat correctly, perhaps they will require less care — and perhaps the government can spend less providing it.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

A Federal Reserve interest-rate decision is hovering over stock markets for Wednesday, but don’t make the mistake of overthinking it, says MFS Investment Management’s chief global investment strategist, Robert Almeida.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

She had been hovering above their fight, trying to help, and when the necklaces had shattered, she had swooped in.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega