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hanger

[hang-er] / ˈhæŋ ər /


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The coat hanger became the symbol for legalization.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

Its included slimline coat hanger kept everything nice and tidy.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

Five were in a hanger, waiting for spare parts and servicing.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2025

“When he left here last year he left it for us. We didn’t even know. It was on a hanger and he wrote a note, `You guys are the best. Love you guys.’

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2024

Neither Pipkin nor Dandelion was at morning silflay; and Hazel relentlessly took the others up to the beech hanger to go on with the digging.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The bridge closed in October 2022 because of defects in the hangers which link the suspension chains and the road.

From BBC May 27, 2026

Candidates who win an endorsement benefit from the party’s voter outreach through media such as mailers, door hangers and other advertising.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2026

But those hangers, he said, took up more space inside.

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

All around me, clothes looked like they’d sprouted roots and bloomed on their hangers.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett




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