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as in held on
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hung on
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Rivera-Estrada is accused of multiple felony offenses tied to manslaughter and child abuse and was held on a $100,000 bond, but county prosecutors did not file charges, and she was released from local custody before being taken into ICE custody on an immigration detainer.—
Eric Mack,
FOXNews.com,
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The campuswide commencement ceremony that celebrated all the undergraduate and graduate students was held on Saturday at Memorial Stadium on the University of California, Berkeley campus.—
Laura A. Oda,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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The mayor did not say anything back and carried on with his remarks.—
Aditi Sangal,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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They were dumped in a bin, along with White House staff burner phones, to make sure nothing was carried on to the presidential jet that could have been used to collect information.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2026
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Some of these teams are already in a hole too deep to get out of, but the Diamondbacks have hung around just enough.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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And the early foul trouble in Game 2 created shades of Games 2 and 3 against the Hawks, where Atlanta hung around just long enough to pull away with one-point victories to take a 2-1 series lead before the Knicks outscored them by nearly 100 points over their final three games.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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The Rainbow Warriors kept up pressure, winning the first set 25-15.—
Jordan Puente,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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The hat-making legend kept up her millinery practice well into old age, and died in 1999 at 88.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
10 May 2026
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Djena went back to the Toures’ house and waited.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The department said its investigation revealed that Marquez, a Hawthorne resident, is a former boyfriend of Fernandez and waited for her near her workplace.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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Sabres fans stuck around to give the team a standing ovation as the players skated off the ice.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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At least Breslow stuck around in Baltimore and talked to the media the next day.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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The development came as court ended early for the day as the jury awaited an answer to its first request to revisit some evidence.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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On display are historic photographs and artifacts, even the Pierce-Arrow limousine that awaited Wilson on his arrival in New York after negotiating the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
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“Hung on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung%20on. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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