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hanger

[hang-er] / ˈhæŋ ər /


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On the menu is uni pasta, hanger steak au poivre and a dry-aged burger with fries, which restaurant critic Bill Addison says doesn’t require any twists because “it’s simply a fantastic burger.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

From her closet, she grabbed a men’s brown leather jacket that she kept on a hanger.

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025

Its included slimline coat hanger kept everything nice and tidy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

The competition began in a disused plane hanger in Cologne and games were streamed live on online platform Twitch.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024

It’s Mrs. Murphy, holding a navy blue velvet dress on a hanger.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

It reopened to vehicles four months later, but took until late 2024 to fix the hangers.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Lopez, a regular at Ross Dress for Less, put a pack of clothing hangers in her cart along with her new purse before checking out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

He said the company used to put plastic hangers in those boxes to be used on retailers’ store racks.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026

Her long-term partner, Prudence Fenton, explains in the film that she was allotted “this much” drawer space and two coat hangers when she moved in.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

Big Ma kept pulling hangers of pleated wool skirts off the rack and putting them back.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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