dangles

present tense third-person singular of dangle
as in hangs
to place on an elevated point without support from below he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play

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Recent Examples of dangles The framed photo of his baby brother, Rashaad, prominently dangles inches down the front of his shirts. Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025 Almost every model carried what Lopez called the Ana bag—a leather trapezoid that dangles from a circular handle. Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025 The plan dangles a financial windfall and expanded control of the company to Musk, already the world’s richest person, after his 2018 package valued in excess of $50 billion was struck down by a Delaware court. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • In one corner, a skeleton hangs from a frame; sports science is one of the qualifications delivered here.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Luis hangs a poster of his favorite movie star, Ingrid, and spends his time fantasizing about Ingrid as Aurora.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
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  • But the tone swings between sour and sweet, grounded and silly, and the jokes run more broadly wacky than precise or original.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Stacey might have the upper hand now, but Gizelle seems to have a knack for being there when the boomerang inevitably swings back.
    Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Dangles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dangles. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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