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also hanged (at)
as in haunted
to go to or spend time in often
most summer afternoons, we'd hang at the municipal pool for a few hours
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Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026 -
Detroit played with confidence and clarity, while Orlando looked like a team still haunted by what had happened 48 hours earlier.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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But now, many of them are past their prime, becoming as old and gray as the generations that once frequented them.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Deb and Jackman frequented the event several times together before making their final appearance as a couple at the 2023 Met Gala.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
7 May 2026
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Espada and a team trainer visited the mound during the inning’s second at-bat.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
7 May 2026
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The first two were a Dutch husband and wife who had visited sites on a birdwatching trip in Argentina where a species of rat known to carry the Andes strain was present.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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“Hung (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung%20%28at%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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