hanger-on
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Instead, the question is met with a punchline, as Kara admits to her hanger-on that she’s known as Supergirl.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
When Thoreau set out for his first of his three chronicled trips to Cape Cod in 1849, he was a virtually unknown hanger-on to America’s foremost public intellectual, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
In “The Bear,” Matty Matheson, the Canadian chef and restaurateur, plays the hanger-on and handyman Neil, his first scripted role.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Moussaoui “was trying to write a role for himself into history,” Mr. MacMahon said, “when the truth is, he was an al-Qaeda hanger-on and a nuisance to everybody.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023
She was with that whole Zach Powers crew, and not as a hanger-on either.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
Here’s how the hangers-on are making it work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The last of them, these spent survivors, these hangers-on, had trudged to the Citrus Show to talk about the real problem, which was the disease.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Think backward: Where things begin is the bitter end, at a glitzy Hollywood Hills party in 1976 full of showbiz hangers-on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
A political get together, a party conference for the politicians, members, and associated hangers-on, would never transform a prime minister's fortunes with the public overnight.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
They ordered one of their hangers-on to search the streets for Patterson, and when he was located, to telephone them.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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