as in to hang
to place on an elevated point without support from below
he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play
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Recent Examples of dangle
The operator reassured him throughout the call, calling back at one point to when Louisville Fire officials rescued a driver from a tractor trailer dangling over the Ohio River on Clark Memorial Bridge in March 2024.
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Taking too long to enter a market moving at this speed would mean starting conversations using outdated hypotheses and constantly dangling the wrong incentives for partners, which doesn’t bode well for success.
—Travis Clinger, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Trump has repeatedly threatened tariffs as a kind of anvil dangling over the heads of countries, companies or industries.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
Videos captured the ensuing chaos as people on the shoreline and bridge span ran in terror, and Navy cadets dangled from the ship's crossbeams and sailcloth.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2025
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Taking too long to enter a market moving at this speed would mean starting conversations using outdated hypotheses and constantly dangling the wrong incentives for partners, which doesn’t bode well for success.
—Travis Clinger, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Trump has repeatedly threatened tariffs as a kind of anvil dangling over the heads of countries, companies or industries.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
Videos captured the ensuing chaos as people on the shoreline and bridge span ran in terror, and Navy cadets dangled from the ship's crossbeams and sailcloth.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2025
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Early risers on Monday, July 21, will be treated to a striking scene in the eastern sky before sunrise as a slender crescent moon hangs just above brilliant Venus, with the red-orange star Aldebaran completing an equilateral triangle.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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The front wall, upon which the sink hangs, actually conceals the shower behind it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 July 2025
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Never did Nick Kurtz consider this, not as a young boy learning to swing left-handed in Lancaster, Pa., or during the charmed collegiate career that catapulted him into baseball’s consciousness.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Bleacher Report's Zachary Rymer recently suggested the Houston Astros could swing a blockbuster trade deadline deal for Miami Marlins hurler Edward Cabrera in the coming days.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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“Dangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dangle. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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