dangling
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He was, as history now appears to attest, dangling a carrot that he would never allow you to have.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Top internship programs have long been competitive, but those dangling stratospheric compensation rates now have acceptance rates of less than 1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
A shop made famous when a grandmother got caught on its shutter and was left dangling in the air has hit the headlines again after a car crashed through the front of it.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
It incentivized competition in part by dangling more than $500,000 in prize money for each player on the winning team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
My heart nearly stopped when I saw him at the far edge of the narrow catwalk, nearly a boat’s length away, dangling over the ocean like bait at the end of a fishing pole.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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