variants
also hanged (over)
as in threatened
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
as long as the possibility of having to move again was hanging over them, the family couldn't really settle in
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More than two years after the fatal shooting, Lorincz maintained her side of the story that the kids had trespassed on her property and threatened her life.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025 -
But this season remains threatened by law-breaking.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
23 Oct. 2025
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The diplomatic declarations do nothing to help Palestinians in Gaza or those menaced by Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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Fragmentation menaced the web from the outset.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Hung (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung%20%28over%29. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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