as in to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
most summer afternoons, we'd hang at the municipal pool for a few hours
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Will that still be haunting the coast of Madagascar when televisions have been thrown away and forgotten?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026 -
Those of you who remember the romantic rowing scene from The Notebook, or the haunting swamp hideout for Revolutionary hero Francis Marion in Mel Gibson’s The Patriot, have already previewed this singular locale.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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These days, many of those visiting the mall are not shopping at all.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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In one scene in the novel, a black ram named Othello, who lives in misery in a carnival, forced to fight dogs, is visited in his pen by a strange ram bearing advice.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Some critics believed the idea may have been racially motivated, favoring wealthy white pickleball players over the diverse crowd of basketball players who frequent the beach, the Sun Sentinel reported.—
Amanda Rosa
May 6,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
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The Tollgate, a pub frequented by hundreds of United supporters on matchdays, is lively even two and a half hours before kick-off.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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“Hang (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20%28at%29. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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