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If they sense you’re a bored retiree, they will dangle the allure of giving your life renewed purpose.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Here’s what can’t be denied: The Sunshine State’s reputation as the nation’s dangle, Heaven’s lobby, and a land of swamp creatures and crocodile wrestlers and Disneyworld and Mar-A-Lago and, somehow, Miami.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

Talley’s suncatchers dangle in the air and catch the light, an homage to algae’s most impactful contribution: producing over half of the world’s oxygen, which they do using energy from the sun.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026

Suggesting emergence rather than collapse, a winged metal woman rises from a hospital bed, bathed in multicolored light projected across the walls, while translucent metallic fragments dangle overhead.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Sitting up, Caesar’s legs dangle out the back of the wagon.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

A camera strap dangles off George Rodriguez’s shoulder as he glances around the gallery in search of his favorite image.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

And if you detour to the second-floor library, you’ll get the best view of a banana-yellow starfighter from “The Phantom Menace” that dangles over the lobby with R2-D2 perched in the tandem seat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

My free hand dangles close enough to touch the sand.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

A swing dangles lazily in the middle of the room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Haymitch leans forward and dangles something on a thin white wire in front of my nose.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

Sanchez also dangled the prospect of a massive port deal for American investors -- one that would rival a Chinese port concession at Chancay north of Lima that has long irked the White House.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

If one looks back on fairly recent American history, Richard Nixon dangled pardons in front of the various Watergate conspirators, directly and indirectly.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

One arm dangled off the edge of the couch, and his mouth was open; that made it look like he was both reaching for and calling out to Chess.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Footage from inside showed rescue workers in orange overalls and white helmets picking their way through a mass of twisted steel, dangling cables and chunks of ceiling.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Wizened and creased, with a hoop the size of a quarter dangling in his left ear, he relies on gestures—shrugs, grimaces, guffaws—to flesh out responses that lean terse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Paparazzi captured images of Antonoff, Swift's longtime producer, sporting a tux and a toothpick dangling out of his mouth, reportedly heading to Thursday's event at the Garden.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

She stood there with her mouth open and her purple tongue dangling out.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein