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even though the young mother wanted the job, she still hung back because she wasn't sure if she should spend time away from her family
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Margie’s Intention, the morning line’s second favorite trained by Brad Cox, played the conditions, hanging back until Paris Lily lost her legs in the deep slush.
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Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
This is a prime opportunity for parents to enjoy a morning ride while grandparents hang back with grandchildren to meet a baby goat, pet friendly pigs and, on select days, collect eggs from the henhouse.
—Margaux Lushing, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
While everyone else is working to save Bree, Belle hangs back and deals with the dead bodies.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 June 2025
There are a few that fight the seagulls when the gulls try to steal a pizza crust that all the pigeons have been worrying, and there are a few that hang back and wait until the gulls are driven off.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
This is a prime opportunity for parents to enjoy a morning ride while grandparents hang back with grandchildren to meet a baby goat, pet friendly pigs and, on select days, collect eggs from the henhouse.
—Margaux Lushing, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
While everyone else is working to save Bree, Belle hangs back and deals with the dead bodies.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 June 2025
There are a few that fight the seagulls when the gulls try to steal a pizza crust that all the pigeons have been worrying, and there are a few that hang back and wait until the gulls are driven off.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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“Hang back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20back. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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