hinge
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Harry Brook appears favourite to be named as Test captain, though that appointment could now hinge on the identity of the next head coach.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Some couples say their marriages hinge on one party coming around to their spouse’s cat, dealing with severe rashes, smelly litter boxes and early wakeups for love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The outcome would hinge on the decision of the two board members who did not indicate how they were leaning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
According to Ptak, that will hinge on the SpaceX position’s weighting in a given ETF and where each ETF values their stake ahead of the public listing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
The Jansens’ door was half open, hanging awkwardly from the top hinge.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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In other insects, it helps form durable structures such as wing hinges and tendons that must bend repeatedly without wearing out.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Senate candidate’s success hinges, in part, on winning them back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
It also hinges on the interviewers, inspectors and epidemiologists willing to track down customers and trace ingredients back through their production and distribution networks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Whether California’s venture-investing boom can continue at this record-breaking pace now hinges on how the IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The universe’s fate hinges on how well our space-time balloon is expanding.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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With a preliminary memorandum of understanding triggering a 60-day period for negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, the health of the global economy is no longer hinged on price swings, they added.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
After Mexico suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat to Sweden, their hopes of advancing hinged on South Korea’s team pulling off an unlikely victory over Germany.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Following the latest round of US-brokered talks in Washington on Wednesday, envoys from Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire that hinged on Iran-backed Hezbollah halting its attacks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
"We are hinged to hope," he said, adding that outreach efforts were being stepped up across India.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
There was a mahogany table in the middle of the saloon with hinged fiddles.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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Underlying SpaceX’s record-breaking initial public offering is an equally jaw-dropping set of financial projections hinging on future markets like orbital data centers, space tourism, asteroid mining and more.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
For now, economists expect the bank to remain in a wait-and-see mode and hold rates at a meeting later Thursday, with the outlook hinging on how long the Middle East conflict persists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
"Yet maintaining that dominance is perhaps more uncertain than ever, hinging on the right calls around pricing and developing the next generation of devices, particularly wearables and the anticipated foldable iPhone."
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
With the show’s latest season hinging on the emotional relationship between their characters, there’s a chance they both could return.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
The Chancellor leans over her, hinging rigidly at her waist like a stick bug.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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