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even though the young mother wanted the job, she still hung back because she wasn't sure if she should spend time away from her family
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While everyone else is working to save Bree, Belle hangs back and deals with the dead bodies.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 June 2025
There are a few that fight the seagulls when the gulls try to steal a pizza crust that all the pigeons have been worrying, and there are a few that hang back and wait until the gulls are driven off.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
After doing the work to create the transformer architecture in 2017, Google hung back and gave OpenAI the space to become a cultural phenomenon.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2025
So, with at least the knowledge that Manny is alive and relatively in one piece, Ray drives Theresa to prison with every intention of hanging back in the car.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 June 2025
There are a few that fight the seagulls when the gulls try to steal a pizza crust that all the pigeons have been worrying, and there are a few that hang back and wait until the gulls are driven off.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
After doing the work to create the transformer architecture in 2017, Google hung back and gave OpenAI the space to become a cultural phenomenon.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2025
So, with at least the knowledge that Manny is alive and relatively in one piece, Ray drives Theresa to prison with every intention of hanging back in the car.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Hang back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20back. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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