hover
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Some forecasts suggest temperatures could hover around 30C for at least seven consecutive days in places, perhaps rising back into the mid-30s at times although there is some uncertainty.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
"It can hover like a helicopter, fly forwards like an aircraft, but equally brake in midair or fly backwards," marketing chief Andrea Marchsteiner told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
His fighters don’t hover — they climb on each other’s backs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Typical endowments for museums the size of the Neue Galerie tend to hover around $200 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
And those green eyes with reptilian pupils, not to mention his aeris zoom that lets him hover and glide through the air.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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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
Today, Figma’s market cap hovers around $9.5 billion.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Companies collect vast amounts of data about consumers already, including browsing history, location, device type, purchase patterns, even how long your cursor hovers over a product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
It hovers there, silently, like an unfinished sentence.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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Oil prices rose on Monday and hovered around $75 a barrel, but they were not far from preconflict levels of $65.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
While these deals boost growth on paper, DiFucci estimates that actual organic, constant-currency subscription growth hovered around 7.5% over the past two quarters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 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
He was, for them, the one who made it both a learning experience and a lovefest, and they hovered around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
My finger hovered in front of the start button.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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Thursday’s stock surge brings Micron shares back above the $1,000 threshold, with the stock hovering around $1,200.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
In those early days of television, it became the biggest show in the country, and certain people hovering around those who were perpetrating these witch hunts had a lingering, profound effect on the nation’s future.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Brent crude futures dipped 0.2%, to about $72 a barrel, hovering around pre-conflict levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
A high-pressure, high-humidity, high-heat weather system—a heat dome—is hovering over most of the middle and eastern U.S. and Canada this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The lock shuddered and the cylinder popped out, hovering in the air, and then the springs and pins came out of the cylinder like they were being pulled apart by invisible hands.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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