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State Treasurer Elizabeth Muoio was among them, still sorting through boxes and unhung picture frames.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Dozens more are at the back of the gallery, unhung, leaning against one another.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022
After her mother died in 1935, Carrie stopped working on the house, and when she herself passed nine years later, the pieces she’d collected were unhung.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
She’s staying in the spare room with the lumpy mattress and the unhung Jack Vettriano print, but in the night creeps downstairs to eat mini rolls and wonder how it all came to this.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2018
Draught more often enters from doorways than by the windows; and in summer doors are often unhung for the sake of coolness and additional space, and the portières are comfortable to use on chilly days.
From Household Organization by Caddy, Florence
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