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But there was a bus stop outside they used instead, where they would hang out with “an assortment of characters,” Adkins said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
"If we hang back and stand still this will just run right over the top of us," he said in the speech at the University of Sydney.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The court heard that Old Trafford used to have a ball that would hang down from the stand and the players were encouraged to head it.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
"I go to school, I hang out with my friends and my life has just completely changed overnight."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Her once well-muscled frame is long gone, as evident by the way her clothes hang on her bony hips and shoulders.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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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
Brunel, who co-founded French modelling agency Karin Models in 1977 and MC2 Model Management in the US with funding from Epstein, was found hanged in his Paris prison cell in 2022 in an apparent suicide.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
When Chernin’s Leo raises his voice in Jewish prayer before he is hanged, the memory of a man whose life was wantonly destroyed is momentarily restored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
He says there’s many a young man that was hanged and now moldering in a lime pit that would be glad to rise up and dance the Irish dance.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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“When a lot of residents moved in, it was about the history of film, and everything was inside the park. This is different because it’s hanging over a neighborhood. It’s just disappointing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“When you’ve got five kids, and usually a houseful of friends hanging out, flexibility is imperative.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Few ballet stars make it past 40 before hanging up their pumps and switching to teaching, overcome by the immense physical, mental and artistic demands of the art form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Linton fondly remembers the great food in the city and hanging out with friends in other bands while Burch spent downtime skateboarding in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
I only know that I can’t manage anything else right now, that I am overcome myself and barely hanging on, and I don’t want someone else in my room while I unravel.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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By the 1990s, with his investments in more elegant buildings downtown, he was playing golf with Trump, and their families hung out together.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Angelo’s team hung around in the hopes the Truth Social parent, then led by former Congressman Devin Nunes, would come calling down the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Borthwick was eager to focus on his team's "incredible spirit" as they hung on to win.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
An air of mystery has hung over the speech since Trump announced it on Monday, with the White House declining to give any details at all on what the 80-year-old might say.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The thought of those cuffs made me smile, and I found my hand going instinctively to my hip, where a set had hung during my simulation.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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