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dangling

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The compensation that elite financial firms are dangling for 10-week summer internships.

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

There’d be supporting towers on park property, with cables dangling overhead, and a gondola station just outside the park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

The title track is full of thwarted desire, as Gavin tries and fails to get the attention of a girl who constantly leaves her dangling.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Tufts of hair I miss jut out like a staticky lion mane, and the pretzel bun falls out twice, leaving the braid dangling down my chest.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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