as in to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
most summer afternoons, we'd hang at the municipal pool for a few hours
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That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025 -
Yet a form of capitulation has haunted the opening salvos of the Trump administration’s negotiating plan – Hegseth gifting Moscow with the prospect of Ukraine not joining NATO or recovering territory, before talks had apparently begun.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the substitute for general affairs of the secretary of state, Archbishop Penna Parra, visited the Pope in the hospital to update him on church and world matters on Sunday, according to the Vatican.—
Phoebe Natanson,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2025
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That’s why astrophotographers will likely visit dark sky destinations to take wide-angle shots of the sky and landscapes below, though close-ups through telescopes are possible from any location on the night side of Earth.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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In 1957, the structure was renamed for famed Chicago attorney Clarence Darrow, a Hyde Park resident who frequented the bucolic bridge while contemplating cases.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Famous faces, like President Teddy Roosevelt and notorious gangster Al Capone, once frequented this geothermal spa, which was constructed in 1888.—
Emily Pennington,
Outside Online,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Hang (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20%28at%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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