hovered

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That number has hovered around 1,900 nationwide, with a 4% growth rate External link expected this year, according to The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.

From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026

The B-52 was brought back again for Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001, providing close air support as it hovered above the battlefield, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

The difference was barely discernible - when Nibedita pointed her camera to the plates, glasses and bowls on a shelf near the wall, the indoor temperatures hovered around 40C.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

No, she replied, describing instead how they “went crazy on the whiteboard” while Gates’s staff hovered outside the door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The Argo II hovered directly over the river.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan