as in remaining
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him
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Recent Examples of hanging around
By Easter Sunday, April 5, most of the rain will clear out with low chances hanging around for Central Texas.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
To make sure the recipes and processes are carefully repeated, Wright and Quick will be hanging around Big Q for a few weeks, helping Tolle.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Nashville Predators Nashville traded away four players at the deadline, including Nick Blankenburg to Colorado, and yet is still hanging around in the wild-card race.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
Seven flies hanging around on elecrical cords coming from the kitchen ceiling.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
South Florida is shooting a putrid 1-of-17 from 3-point range as a team, but is hanging around mostly by playing defense.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
The Nets were hanging around with effort, pace and just enough shot-making.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
There had always been a few Kennedy acolytes hanging around the block, Dean says, but that number has ballooned since Ryan Murphy’s Love Story premiered in February.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Mar. 2026
Marigolds smell so strongly that squash bugs hate hanging around nearby and provide other benefits.
—Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
To make sure the recipes and processes are carefully repeated, Wright and Quick will be hanging around Big Q for a few weeks, helping Tolle.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Nashville Predators Nashville traded away four players at the deadline, including Nick Blankenburg to Colorado, and yet is still hanging around in the wild-card race.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
Seven flies hanging around on elecrical cords coming from the kitchen ceiling.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
South Florida is shooting a putrid 1-of-17 from 3-point range as a team, but is hanging around mostly by playing defense.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
The Nets were hanging around with effort, pace and just enough shot-making.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
There had always been a few Kennedy acolytes hanging around the block, Dean says, but that number has ballooned since Ryan Murphy’s Love Story premiered in February.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Mar. 2026
Marigolds smell so strongly that squash bugs hate hanging around nearby and provide other benefits.
—Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hanging around
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Trevor Zegras and Tyson Foerster each scored twice, Dan Vladar made 23 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers routed the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday to bolster their playoff position with four games remaining.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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While Sporting were generally considered the weakest of the eight remaining Champions League sides, thus Arsenal were in theory handed the easiest draw, winning at Estadio Jose Alvalade is a notable achievement.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the ambulance bay at Elmhurst Hospital, Fire Department emergency workers were waiting for calls.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Even so, companies such as Filatex have already cut production by 25% and are waiting for demand to return.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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Apollo astronauts typically flew about 70 miles above the lunar surface, staying relatively close during their orbits.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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What’s staying the same To be sure, some things have not changed for gig workers.—
Annette Nellen,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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Storms will be sticking around the next two days.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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One risk of players sticking around for years as graduate student-athletes is that college sports might morph into something more like minor league sports, with seasoned players in their mid-20s (or older) occupying roster spots that would otherwise go to younger college students.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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