dangle
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He said the type of silk the golden orb-web spiders produce to dangle - the "drag-line silk" was similar to the body's "scaffold".
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
This may have been the most overt art-as-protest moment, showing dancers climbing sparking electrical poles, only to fall off and dangle by what looked like snipped wires.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026
A pair of blue and yellow earplugs dangle on Jose’s neck while waiting for work as a day laborer out of the Home Depot in Cypress Park.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Spaceships dangle from the ceiling via fishing wire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
Again he lifted Frodo and drew his hands down to his own breast, letting his master’s legs dangle.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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