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hovered (over)

verb

past tense of hover (over)

as in threatened

to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on after the first big layoff, the possibility of losing their jobs hovered over all of the factory's workers

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threatened

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This was partly inspired by the club’s latest investigations into apparent ‘ticket-touting’, when 1,149 fan accounts were banned, and more were threatened with having their season tickets revoked.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Rate Field was financed by the State of Illinois after White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf had threatened to move the team to the Tampa Bay Area in Florida back in 1988.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

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