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She said it is a "massive way of recycling", describing how families "come down with one size, hang it up and take the next size along".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Miller said anyone unsure about who’s calling should hang up and call someone they trust: “The second that they get off the phone is the second they start thinking on their own.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Yak skulls, tails and hair hang in a barn overseen by a furtive gray cat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Set in the 1960s, the colorful retro fashions hang off her skeletal frame.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
You hang from your knees, arms spread wide, opening yourself to the place that feels most like home.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
Speer was given a 20-year prison sentence while Fritz Sauckel, Hitler’s general plenipotentiary for labor mobilization, was hanged for almost exactly the same crimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
The last time was when the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, was hanged in 1962, after a public trial.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
It is from this tree that Odin hanged himself in sacrifice, making the world-tree a gallows and himself the gallows god.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Six challenges to help you bring back the lost art of hanging out.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
An eagle believed to be Jackie started hanging around the old nest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
June hopes her SpaceX shares will eventually turn out to be like the Apple stock certificate hanging over her desk—worth much more than she ever could have imagined two decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The boat was overcrowded during the crossing on 23 June, with some passengers hanging their legs over the sides of the vessel, it said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The people . . . the food . . . the collarless dog hanging around for handouts .
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But Williamson, 34, hung in and stung the challenger in the eighth round.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Anyone who answered simply hung up when we explained who we were and what we wanted - or denied knowing Luka or his family, or even being the people listed in the book.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
A cloud hung over our street for weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Kospi plunged more than 12 percent at one point to extend Tuesday's near-11 percent collapse as chipmakers SK hynix and Samsung were hung out to dry.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Men’s shirts hung shoulder to shoulder on wash lines strung between posts under the glaring sun.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
