hang
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When my designer Daniel Romualdez came to hang them, he said, “Let’s do some unframed and some framed together.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
On Thursday, there were brief scuffles when police blocked protesters as they tried to hang a banner from a footbridge in the Thai capital, but there was no sign of trouble on Friday morning.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
"After retiring, I don't have much opportunity to hang out with others," the 75-year-old, whose son lives two hours away from her, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
My friends don’t all know each other, so I don’t feel comfortable making them pay to hang out with a bunch of people they barely know.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
She told us to hang the portraits over the rostrum, and Glenn had the nails.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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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
Eichmann - an architect of the Jewish Holocaust - was hanged in 1962, becoming the only person previously sentenced to death by an Israeli civil court.
From BBC ● May 12, 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
“May as well be hanged for a sheep as hanged for a handkerchief.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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For the past few months, the biggest threat hanging over markets has been the relentless rise in long-term Treasury yields.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
We’re in a moment where the shadow of this Cornell case is hanging so heavy.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
That didn’t keep him from hanging signs on Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
One of the projects involved students writing their loved ones' names on paper symbolising a leaf and hanging it on a tree they had made together.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
It’s artsy hippie musician meets PBS Kids, with big, bold paintings and old instruments hanging on the walls, plus kids’ toys everywhere.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Clancy pleaded not guilty, and her trial recently ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
For years, home prices have marched upward, hitting new record highs as people hung on to their homes and their ultralow mortgage rates, restricting supply.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The two pictures, hung side by side in the gallery, have a wistful air, conjuring a grand and spellbinding Roman past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
All that was at risk by going for a volleyed fly-hack was looking very silly had Green hung on to the ball.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
If Miss Myrt had grabbed for that pointer and hung on to take it with her to the Schoolhouse in the Sky, I’d have passed right out on the spot.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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