hover
verb (used without object)
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air.
has hovered
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present perfectof hover (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Average mortgage rates have been creeping back up toward 7%, while the budget deficit has hovered near 6% of the country’s GDP—well above Bessent’s longer-term 3% target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
They said the most recent tax filing will not be available until next year, but when it is, it will reflect Adelkoff’s historical base salary, which has hovered around $405,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Graduate unemployment has hovered around the 35-40% level for the last 25 years.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
He has hovered on the fringe of the England team since, with none of his five caps coming at home or as the sole spinner.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
The fancy has hovered round a form of beauty dimly seen—but familiarity might have turned admiration into disgust; or, at least, into indifference, and allowed the imagination leisure to start fresh game.
From Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
