hangers-on
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The last of them, these spent survivors, these hangers-on, had trudged to the Citrus Show to talk about the real problem, which was the disease.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Equally, the need for professors and instructors engendered by the college boom created its own class of intellectuals and intellectual hangers-on.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
Everyone acted up: secretaries, senior partners, mailroom clerks, hangers-on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Think backward: Where things begin is the bitter end, at a glitzy Hollywood Hills party in 1976 full of showbiz hangers-on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
They ordered one of their hangers-on to search the streets for Patterson, and when he was located, to telephone them.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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