as in to float
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
claimed that the UFO hovered a moment, then spun off into space at incredible speed
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Recent Examples of hover
Meanwhile, bitcoin slid almost 3% and hovered around $100,650 in a sign of risk-off sentiment.
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is not only an important museum in Latin America, its original building is also a cultural landmark dramatically hovering over Avenida Paulista.
—Jade Moyano, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Compare that with Holywater, which says its budgets hover around $150,000 for an entire series, often around 60 to 90 episodes.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
The Aztecs averaged 66 possessions per game last season and have hovered in the mid-60s for the past decade.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is not only an important museum in Latin America, its original building is also a cultural landmark dramatically hovering over Avenida Paulista.
—Jade Moyano, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Compare that with Holywater, which says its budgets hover around $150,000 for an entire series, often around 60 to 90 episodes.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
The Aztecs averaged 66 possessions per game last season and have hovered in the mid-60s for the past decade.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hover
Verb
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Only a handful of rafts floated lazily in the water.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Big Ten has floated an idea for a 24- or 28-team playoff that gives each power conference four automatic bids.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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My shot had the distance, but unfortunately sailed a good 20 feet over the crossbar.—
Evan Moore
November 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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As the boat sails away, the Creature quietly stares into the sunrise with a smile on his face.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Helping Sotheby’s achieve such an eye-watering figure was Mercedes Gleitze’s ‘Companion Oyster,’ an ultra-rare Rolex prototype worn by the first British women to swim the English Channel on one of her many journeys across the water.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
11 Nov. 2025
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Knobs on the edges of whale flippers help the animals swim in tight circles.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The nozzle pours a thick stream of concrete while gliding precisely on its course, stacking each layer, one after another, about an inch thick.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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China has deployed and tested hypersonic glide vehicles and road-mobile systems, such as the DF-17/DF-ZF family, which are typically characterized as gliding at Mach 5–10 and designed to complicate missile-defense engagement.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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The image above, a composite of eight days of observations taken in March when the spacecraft had its first clear view of the region, shows bright arcs sweeping around the pole — glowing traces left by magnetic structures drifting toward the sun's edge at unexpectedly high speeds.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Alex Iwobi, generally tasked with drifting inside from the flank and releasing a full-back on the overlap, started as a central midfielder.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Hover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hover. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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