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
However, given temperatures are hovering around freezing, there could be snow mixing in with the rain but likely with no accumulation.
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Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Earlier in the game, Hughes was sprawled on the ice after the high stick, teeth knocked out, trainers hovering.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Earlier in the year, the sportswear maker had been hovering around 1 or 2 percent growth each quarter.
—Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
And that reality was especially stark considering that mortgage interest rates had hovered around record lows just a few years earlier, during the pandemic era of record-low interest rates.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Earlier in the game, Hughes was sprawled on the ice after the high stick, teeth knocked out, trainers hovering.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Earlier in the year, the sportswear maker had been hovering around 1 or 2 percent growth each quarter.
—Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
And that reality was especially stark considering that mortgage interest rates had hovered around record lows just a few years earlier, during the pandemic era of record-low interest rates.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
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After two timeouts, Dent took the inbound on the left side of the court and drove the length of the floor before floating underneath 7-foot-2 Illinois center Zvonimir Ivisic to hit the game-winning layup.—
Sean Campbell,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Rainbow Springs State Park’s sapphire-blue waters well up from the earth with startling clarity, a living force that has drawn people here for thousands of years—from the Timucua who once gathered along its banks to modern-day visitors floating quietly above the headsprings.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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But the ball that sailed over the left-field fence at UFCU Disch-Falk Field didn’t break an extra-inning tie or complete a ninth-inning comeback.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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For a key car crash, for example, Kosinski really sent the car sailing off a ramp into the woods rather than create it in the computer, which Whittle said had a benefit not only in terms of image but sound.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2026
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At the cottage, Shane and Ilya confess their love for one another, swim in the lake and watch the Lake Muskoka sunsets.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Feb. 2026
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Radiodonts were among the largest and most fearsome animals swimming in Cambrian seas.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
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Nolan Traoré provided an early spark, gliding into the paint for a soft floater over Wembanyama before knocking down a 3-pointer, but Brooklyn needed more from everyone else.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2026
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On a frigid day late last month, a Russian attack drone slipped through Ukraine’s air-defense systems and glided into Kyiv’s government district, heading in the direction of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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Goss knows a space like this can easily drift from creative purposes.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
25 Feb. 2026
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Alexander Daniel Acevedo, 28, of Boca Raton, was driving an electric scooter east on Sandalfoot Boulevard when Adams’ Chevrolet drifted over a center turn lane and partly into the eastbound lane where Acevedo was riding the scooter, the Sheriff’s Office said.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Hover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hover. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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