as in threatens
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
after the first big layoff, the possibility of losing their jobs hovered over all of the factory's workers
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Pushing a big government socialist agenda that threatens private property and puts government in control of your home?—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
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The outbreak threatens to strip multiple countries of disease-free status as vaccination rates decline across the region.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Hovers (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hovers%20%28over%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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