as in remained
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him
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Recent Examples of hung around
The Heat still hung around, though, competing with the Nuggets in a second quarter that included six lead changes.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Anyone who buys groceries knows that higher prices have hung around just like that last guest who won't go home after a party.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Purdue ran only one play in the fourth quarter with a chance to take the lead, but the Boilermakers hung around long enough to make Michigan uncomfortable.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Afterward, Mazzulla, who was the starting point guard on a Final Four team at West Virginia, hung around to chat with reporters, then watched a follow-up game held between two teams of media members.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Recruitment flyers featuring the words engraved on the bullet casings of the man who shot and killed Charlie Kirk were reportedly distributed and hung around Georgetown University‘s campus.
—Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
All the fair-weather friends who hung around her business are gone, and her kids and grandkids have floated away.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The water hung around for a long time and was not exhausted so quickly as thought.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Friday night, Senzatela wasn’t good, but hung around for four innings, giving up five runs on eight hits.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Aug. 2025
Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Anyone who buys groceries knows that higher prices have hung around just like that last guest who won't go home after a party.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Purdue ran only one play in the fourth quarter with a chance to take the lead, but the Boilermakers hung around long enough to make Michigan uncomfortable.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Afterward, Mazzulla, who was the starting point guard on a Final Four team at West Virginia, hung around to chat with reporters, then watched a follow-up game held between two teams of media members.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Recruitment flyers featuring the words engraved on the bullet casings of the man who shot and killed Charlie Kirk were reportedly distributed and hung around Georgetown University‘s campus.
—Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
All the fair-weather friends who hung around her business are gone, and her kids and grandkids have floated away.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The water hung around for a long time and was not exhausted so quickly as thought.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Friday night, Senzatela wasn’t good, but hung around for four innings, giving up five runs on eight hits.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hung around
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The Lancers remained patient, chipping away until taking a 17-16 lead after three straight OLP errors, including Prior and Charlotte Wickstrand colliding on a ball, which knocked Wickstrand out for the set.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Hundreds of flights were canceled and ferries and fishing boats remained in port as the storm crossed the archipelago.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After their escape, the Yemassee macaques stayed close to the facility, snatching at the apples that surrounded the traps and cooing at the troop members who remained behind the fence.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Shane McClanahan has missed two straight seasons with injuries, but the rest of the rotation stayed healthy this year, and some young players emerged (as so often happens with this team).—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Her service was never impacted, and months later, she was assigned to Annapolis and waited for a spot to open up at the Navy flight school in Pensacola, Fla.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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At one downtown Brooklyn location, the line wrapped around the building and, at times, voters waited up to an hour to cast their ballots.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Having put that debut album to bed, and allowed the symphony to exit the stage, Nas stuck around with the live band to perform a dizzying array of song snippets hailing from elsewhere in his catalog.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
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The crowd stuck around for a long time after the collapse, one neighbor said, as people waited for updates on the status of their friends.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Oct. 2025
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