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to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
- as long as the possibility of having to move again was hanging over them, the family couldn't really settle in
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“Hang (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20%28over%29. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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