hang back

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Recent Examples of hang back But the congestion around National Airport, one of the country’s busiest public airspaces, requires particular adeptness and a willingness to hang back if necessary to let passenger jets take off or land safely. Mark Walker, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025 Pick up a few of the travel prints and turn them into a series to frame and hang back home. Lane Nieset, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 Devine kept Bunny on a leash, hanging back a safe distance. Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025 But many of those demonstrators have since hung back, owing to political exhaustion. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hang back
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang back
Verb
  • Understanding why companies hesitate, and knowing how to work around it, gives you an edge.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Tickets are going fast for this panel, so don’t hesitate to secure your spot.
    Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Musk’s comments about his time allotment come just hours after a group of eight Democratic state treasurers wrote to the chair of Tesla’s board about the company’s faltering performance.
    Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The Business Drama: Volatility, Strategy, and Turnaround What followed was a decade of operational rework—sometimes faltering, sometimes brilliant.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Hang back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20back. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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