as in threatening
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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Through the Department of Government Efficiency and other efforts, his administration has worked to reduce the federal workforce, and last week began threatening that a shutdown could be used as a mechanism for firing more workers.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025 -
The decision comes one day after the ACLU of North Carolina penned a letter to UNC threatening legal action if Dixon was not reinstated, pointing to allegations of Dixon's Constitutional rights being violated by the university.—
Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Hanging (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hanging%20%28over%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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