hover
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But I'd never been allowed inside at that moment before, able to hover outside the Cabinet Room and grab a quick word with the country's new leader at such an intense, symbolic time.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The overall pace of inflation sits roughly in line with the Bank of Canada’s most recent forecast for it to hover around 3% near term before easing gradually toward its 2% target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
His fighters don’t hover — they climb on each other’s backs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The trend has further to run, given that urbanization rates in fully developed economies hover around 80% or above.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Yolanda pulls up at a cantina, its thatched roof held up by several posts, its floor poured cement, and in its very center, a lone picnic table over which a swarm of flies hover.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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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
Today, Figma’s market cap hovers around $9.5 billion.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Today, the median age of U.S. motorcycle owners hovers around 50, with younger people put off by high prices or unfamiliarity with the pastime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Now Trade Desk’s market cap hovers around $10 billion, and its disrupter narrative has lost steam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Adrenaline hovers like a storm cloud in the dressing room, and I can tell that my heart is not the only one racing.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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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
There were some weeks in the late 1990s when run rates hovered around 99%, but refining capacity overall was lower at the time, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
"I said I've got to get back for the 250th because I don't think I'll make it to the 300th!" she joked as a Marine Corps Osprey aircraft hovered nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
When America celebrated its bicentennial, President Gerald Ford’s approval rating hovered around 45%, according to Gallup, and only 24% of Americans viewed Congress favorably.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The sweet-balloon froze, then plummeted until it hovered right above their heads.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Both main contracts fell more than one percent Friday with Brent hovering just below $100.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
When Sheen returned to the area with his family in 1977, having lived for a while in Liverpool, he was told that his neighbour had seen "a UFO hovering over her back garden".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
That gap is hovering close to the low point for the post-2008 financial-crisis era, not including a brief sharp dip during the Covid-19 pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
That multiple is also hovering near an 11-year low.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Are you sure you don’t want to come in? It’s so great to meet Dhairyash’s friends,” she said, hovering over us for a few extra seconds before going back inside.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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