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
The topic of tariffs will hover over Amazon’s first-quarter earnings report.
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Annie Palmer, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
Uncertainty still hovers over Bryce Huff, a splash signing in 2024.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
From a terminal far out of harm’s way, drone pilots could hover in the sky for hours, soaking up surveillance information, building a case for precisely whom to bomb and when to do it.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered around the flatline.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
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Annie Palmer, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
Uncertainty still hovers over Bryce Huff, a splash signing in 2024.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
From a terminal far out of harm’s way, drone pilots could hover in the sky for hours, soaking up surveillance information, building a case for precisely whom to bomb and when to do it.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered around the flatline.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hover
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The three-time César nominee and President of the doc prize jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival will play an expat single mother who runs a floating bar with her teenage son in a luxury resort town in South Africa‘s North West province.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 May 2025
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The space will be filled with floating candles, wands, mystical music and staff dressed in costume.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 May 2025
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McGriff — the poster boy for the Clean Sluggers of America — sailed in unanimously.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Winners sail to blue oceans instead, creating uncontested market space where competition becomes irrelevant.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Corey Walsh, 22, a plumber from Melbourne, was swimming with friends off a chartered boat near the island of Ko Racha Yai on Tuesday, May 6, when he was pulled by a strong current, according to The Age, 7 News Australia and News.com.au.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
12 May 2025
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If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2025
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Fresh off a victory that propelled the New York Knicks to the second round of the playoffs, Bridges glided to his locker, Eurostepping a ghost and pretending to take off from his right leg.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The moon glides through Leo today, inspiring a bold entrepreneurial move.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Rebalance Regularly Over time, your portfolio may drift from your original allocation due to market movements.—
Francis Gingras Roy,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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But the bullpen has drifted to the bottom third of the league thanks to a series of changes from last year, none bigger than Hoffman’s signing in Toronto.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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“Hover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hover. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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