as in to threaten
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
as long as the possibility of having to move again was hanging over them, the family couldn't really settle in
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Recent Examples of hang (over)
Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2025
In medical settings, it's used to treat poisoning, overdoses, high cholesterol, hangovers, and upset stomach.
—Ashley Wong, Health, 26 Apr. 2025
There’s also some hangover from Miami’s stunning and decisive exit from the Concacaf Champions Cup in the semifinals to a thoroughly impressive Vancouver Whitecaps side.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The next morning, Joe finds Chee back in his own trailer, treating his hangover with pickle juice.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The recipe to overcome what was starting to look like a championship hangover was to add a little spice.
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Diddy's former assistant George Kaplan says rapper threatened his job 'monthly' Kaplan, who worked as Combs' executive assistant from 2014-2015, testified on May 21 that the rapper threatened his job on an almost monthly basis.—
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Many observers were perplexed that an eighty-two-year-old man with virtually unlimited access to medical care—and about whose health there has been virtually unlimited conjecture—could have gone undiagnosed until the cancer threatened his life.—
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Emmit Yarbrough, 58, pleaded guilty in March to arson, a Level 4 felony, and abuse of a corpse, a Level 6 felony.—
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Schneider has been charged with kidnapping leading to death, concealment of a corpse and endangering the integrity of the corpse, per The Telegraph; Caboubassy and Benrakia were charged with complicity.—
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Barry leans heavily on old clips of his writing to fill this book up, and that’s fine, but near the end the bag of leftovers grows soggy.—
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For a few years, until 1968, the Legislature added both district and borough-wide seats, but since then, only borough-wide judgeships have been added, as the vastly unequal districts were just leftovers that kept hanging around.—
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In a place as old and majestic as Rome, even the mundane can contain fascinating remnants of history.—
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While the boosters included parachutes allowing them to be recovered and reused, the fuel tank was designed to disintegrate during its atmospheric reentry along a ballistic trajectory ensuring any remnants landed in the Indian or Pacific Oceans.—
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Adding someone as a joint owner to your account or creating a remainder interest in your property is a gift.—
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Just four songs in, Tesfaye’s failing voice necessitated the cancelation of the gig’s remainder.—
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She’s made a feel-good movie about people who, for the most part, aren’t feeling all that good, leaving the viewer with a pleasant aftertaste that fades away as soon as the last song ends.—
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Hollow Leg Alcohol Free Cabernet Sauvignon, $20 Smooth, relatively complete with a pleasant aftertaste.—
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Even as a therapist, Luke admits to grappling with shame around rest.—
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Wellness at the Proper Hotels is built around five pillars: movement, recovery, nourishment, rest and connection, along with substantive cutting-edge technologies that support them.—
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Midrange and pro options like the Canon EOS R6 Mark II and Nikon Z 8 have larger bodies and grips for better balance with larger lenses.—
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Executives then built portfolios of projects and identified combinations that would deliver the best balance between return and risk.—
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“Hang (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20%28over%29. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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