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The BBC found flats owned by Mr Athwal contained dirty communal areas, lights that did not work and fire alarms hanging loose from the ceiling.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2024

It is still being renovated, light fixtures hanging loose from the ceiling.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

Helen’s fondness for hanging loose was fine by me—it was so unselfconscious and natural, and onstage it fed into the character—and it was also fine with Jack Shepherd, who was playing Arthur.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2016

Pinned to the wall and hanging loose, like scrolls, they exist somewhere between traditional Japanese ink paintings and the 1960s “anthropometries” of Yves Klein.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2015

The chair came apart in his hands, the screws which had previously connected its several sections ripping out and hanging loose.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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