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dangle

[dang-guhl] / ˈdæŋ gəl /




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"You can dangle some money in our face, it doesn't mean we're going to give away our resources and deal with the environmental issues that stem from" data centers, he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

They may create a sense of urgency, offer reassuring answers, and dangle an attractive deal to lower your guard.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The piece’s hero image is Waters, sitting on a couch with what appears to be a toddler while, blurred in the foreground, a pair of baby feet dangle into the frame.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

It makes no logical sense to lower the retirement age and then dangle a new benefit to encourage employees to work longer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

She's sitting on her bed, watching her feet dangle off the side.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

Time stands still at the nearby burnt-out house of the Siman Tov family, where a wind chime dangles by the door.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

My free hand dangles close enough to touch the sand.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

She has gathered nature-inspired artworks in “Slow Looking” to draw us in and get us to look for longer, though she dangles the rewards at a distance: “The beauty will not automatically reveal itself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

It recently revamped its program, introducing a three-tier structure that offers ways to earn points faster, but also dangles exclusive merchandise and curated experiences for its top-tier members.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

From a rawhide string around her neck dangles a white inch-long banana-shaped fossil identifying her as a member in good standing of the Loyal Order of the Stone Bone.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

American dangled a last-minute upgrade to premium economy on my nine-hour flight to Rome for $296 per person.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

When Sabrina Elliott inherited some money, her son-in-law helped her invest $40,000 in a product that dangled the prospect of stock-market gains with no risk of loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

It’s unlikely she’d talk about the cabinet appointment Ronald Reagan dangled in front of her as she worked tirelessly to get him elected, the cabinet appointment she never got.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Several members equipped with climbing harnesses clambered up a small tree on the school’s front lawn and dangled from its limbs on climbing ropes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

They sat on that and dangled their feet over the water.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

"The situation definitely was dire, 38 people on a boat with legs dangling out of the boat, in the cold weather, without an engine," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

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

Their surfaces do not contain dangling bonds, which makes it difficult to grow an extremely thin dielectric film evenly across them.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Their feathery roots were still wedged in the soil, like the exposed veins of a heart, their caps dangling lifelessly from the badger’s fist.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman


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