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We just don’t want to spend $10 for a beer to hang out in a bar and then pay for an Uber to get home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Set in the 1960s, the colorful retro fashions hang off her skeletal frame.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Kyle declined our invitation to hang out at the Bungalow, but then a wildfire erupted in the Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Amy Dowden has credited her best friend and fellow Strictly Come Dancing professional Carlos Gu with convincing her not to "hang up her dancing shoes" following her cancer treatment.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“I think I have the hang of it.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
In November, Hasina was found guilty by a Dhaka court of crimes against humanity and sentenced to be hanged -- a verdict she described as "political vengeance dressed up as law".
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
It reminds me of the old joke about the guy in the Wild West who, before he was hanged for horse stealing, said “This will be a real lesson to me,” mournfully, from the scaffold.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
Again the reigning successor to George III will be obliged to say nice words about the men his ancestor would gladly have hanged from the nearest tree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
The last time was when the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, was hanged in 1962, after a public trial.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
“Everybody else tried to kill it. Chicago built it. I am here to save it and I’ll be hanged if I haven’t.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Earlier this year, he called 911 after seeing a man set fire to vines hanging from the freeway’s sound wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
June hopes her SpaceX shares will eventually turn out to be like the Apple stock certificate hanging over her desk—worth much more than she ever could have imagined two decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The pathway toward the security checkpoint was adorned with a bright abstract mural, hanging lights and swaying palm trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The boat was overcrowded during the crossing on 23 June, with some passengers hanging their legs over the sides of the vessel, it said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
There are two ordering lines and handmade signs hanging above each.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But Williamson, 34, hung in and stung the challenger in the eighth round.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Anyone who answered simply hung up when we explained who we were and what we wanted - or denied knowing Luka or his family, or even being the people listed in the book.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Kospi plunged more than 12 percent at one point to extend Tuesday's near-11 percent collapse as chipmakers SK hynix and Samsung were hung out to dry.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The deceptively simple work is part sculpture, part assemblage, part collage and features a vintage wooden ironing board set beside a white sheet hung on a line with six wooden clothespins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Icicles now hung from the mouth of Duane’s cave.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
