hung about
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Haaland, though, hung about on the pitch with his runners-up medal weighing heavily around his neck, probably contemplating how this season had gone so wrong.
From BBC • May 17, 2025
During these checkups, the animals were anesthetized, and the radar system was hung about half a meter above their chest.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024
"Nothing is real" is again a nod by John to confusion, which is fairly easy to understand, as to the line, "Nothing to get hung about," let's not get upset?
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2022
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in Tokyo, a few disappointed skateboarders hung about outside the sealed-off grounds of Komazawa Skate Park, boards in hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2021
Even Julian and Sander, who ordinarily took things as they came, seemed to breathe in the air of anxiety that hung about the place.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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