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Recent Examples of hang-up
Police received multiple 911 hang-up calls around 9:30 p.m. from a home in Tremonton.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
One hang-up could be the existing drive-through, a holdover from the commercial spot's original use as a bank, that Dunkin' would actively use.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 28 July 2025
Like Livingston, a major hang-up for Shamp was the lack of preparation for the likely impact on Arizona's budget because of federal Medicaid cuts.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
Most of the hang-up was over the requirement for up to seven days’ notice before officers could break up encampments, which the council reduced to three days before delaying a final vote until June 30.
—Tim Clouser, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
One hang-up could be the existing drive-through, a holdover from the commercial spot's original use as a bank, that Dunkin' would actively use.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 28 July 2025
Like Livingston, a major hang-up for Shamp was the lack of preparation for the likely impact on Arizona's budget because of federal Medicaid cuts.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
Most of the hang-up was over the requirement for up to seven days’ notice before officers could break up encampments, which the council reduced to three days before delaying a final vote until June 30.
—Tim Clouser, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang-up
Noun
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Playing sinister demon Bathsheba in The Conjuring universe isn't Joseph Bishara's only impressive talent.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The show then unravels like a circus, hopping with rabid animals when real demons from the underworld steal the spotlight, feeding off the rising live-stream viewer count.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Scream With Me expands on this argument with its analysis of The Exorcist, a movie that Johnson interprets as a parable about physical abuse; its male demon torments and beats a single working mother and her child.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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Jeremy Allen White, who always seems to do inchoate torment so well, makes a fine Springsteen.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Hang-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang-up. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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