hang in

verb

Definition of hang innext
as in to carry on

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Recent Examples of hang in With less than three weeks to play in the regular season, the Toronto Blue Jays’ playoff hopes still hang in the balance. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Generally, the Steel City's average temperatures hang in the 60s and occasionally rise to the very low 70s, data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Measles can hang in the air for up to two hours after an infected person passes through. — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Vuong’s photographs are displayed rather conventionally on the gallery walls, but the viewing experience is enhanced by images of his that have been printed on cloth banners that hang in the center of the space. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hang in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang in
  1. carry on
  2. get on
  3. get along
  4. get by
  5. make out
  6. cope
  7. manage
  8. endure
Verb
  • There’s been a lot of talk about carrying on her work, especially during these times when people feel like some of it has been eroded.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This hotel carries on the best of Edinburgh traditions while going above and beyond with 21st-century comforts.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of carry on
Verb
  • Escape vertically inside your home by moving upstairs or getting on top of counters to avoid being swept away.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Dunbar got on the scoreboard later in the third quarter when wide receiver Detrick James caught a 20-yard touchdown pass to cut the deficit to 49-6.
    — Shiloh Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of get on
Verb
  • But people getting along is rarely as simple as wishing it, and the truth remains that Harry and his brother Prince William are still feuding.
    — StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Whether that announcement is marriage- or pickleball-related remains to be seen, but not everyone coming back together got along in the Big Brother house, so how does Chen Moonves feel about Jason De Puy and Kamu Kirk being reunited?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of get along
Verb
  • Other people threw french fries and chicken bones; the cats got by.
    — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In the past, a second-rate software rollout cost a company time and money but rarely sank it, since a firm with a strong moat could get by.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of get by
Verb
  • Likewise, this season, dancers making out at Diesel made spectators part of the performance.
    — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
  • If the check is made out to the new company's retirement plan, nobody will be able to cash it except the plan sponsor.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of make out
Verb
  • Building and protecting those pipelines will be expensive—but far cheaper than trying to keep the strait open by force or coping with periodic shortages and price spikes.
    — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Quarterback Jayden Maiava and a receivers group coping with injuries will need to keep USC’s offense composed amid the hostile crowd.
    — Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of cope
Verb
  • The main idea of the company is to automate parts of these missions so personnel can concentrate on operational decisions rather than manually managing every aspect of a drone’s flight or sensor operation.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Graham’s poetry—as readers of The New York Review will know—somehow manages to reckon with the whole spectrum of human existence in the 2020s.
    — Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of manage
Verb
  • The Lincoln, which set a record for days in between ports of call, is the second carrier to endure an unusually long deployment to support the war against Iran and to receive the Presidential Unit Citation afterward.
    — Julie Watson, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The homecoming reignited controversy over conditions endured during the unusually long deployment and reports of multiple sailors attempting suicide.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of endure

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