as in to carry on
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Recent Examples of hang in
Flowers hang in clusters of two to five blooms and provide an early nectar source for hummingbirds and butterflies.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere, contemporary works hang in hallways and on bedroom walls, providing unexpected colorful encounters on one’s journey through the house.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025
In the operating room, a space where lives can hang in the balance, calm reigns.
—Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Purdue continued to find a way to hang in the game, seemingly coming up with timely plays time after time throughout the night.
—Noah Gerkey, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere, contemporary works hang in hallways and on bedroom walls, providing unexpected colorful encounters on one’s journey through the house.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025
In the operating room, a space where lives can hang in the balance, calm reigns.
—Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Purdue continued to find a way to hang in the game, seemingly coming up with timely plays time after time throughout the night.
—Noah Gerkey, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang in
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Without receivers CeeDee Lamb and KaVontae Turpin, Prescott got multiple receivers involved as the game carried on.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Oct. 2025
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Kelsea Ballerini carried on her legacy of blending pop and country while staying true to the storytelling roots of Nashville on Patterns.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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The erstwhile president and his entourage got on a jet that flew them to Hmeimim, a coastal air base controlled by Russia, which had been his most critical backer in the war.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Typically, hoodies are made of sweatshirt material, which is easy to get on and off a canine buddy.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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These are two people who genuinely really get along and develop a real friendship.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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Willful threats of high tariffs are not the right way to get along with China, the ministry spokesperson said.—
Victor Loh,
CNBC,
12 Oct. 2025
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Jacksonville got to 4-1 by adhering to a specific diet, consisting of an elite pass defense, a serviceable run game and just enough digestible passes of their own to get by.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Courtesy of Lionsgate Advertisement Arj is just one of Earth’s poor creatures trying to get by.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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One sculpture is entirely made out of human hair.—
Sophia Arndt,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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Last weekend, the Daily Mail published a series of photographs in which the American pop star Katy Perry was spotted making out on the upper deck of her boat, the Caravelle, with her apparent new love interest, the former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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The virtual event is intended to give participants emotional support, new coping skills and encouragement.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Trad wives cope with this by seeking to marry men who will provide for them.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This means astronauts will have to diagnose, treat, and manage crises without ground support, even if a crew member becomes incapacitated.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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The chicken scene generally captures the way Orlean can cast a thoughtful eye over her life’s experiences and still manage to be funny while not dismissing the darts life threw at her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Astronauts traveling to Mars will have to survive for months on a tiny spaceship with minimal food, endure microgravity where their bones and muscles waste away, and suffer from cosmic radiation bombardment.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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The consequences for patients who endured famine often lingered long after the hunger ended.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Hang in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20in. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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