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Some states in the PJM region, especially Virginia and Illinois, have dangled tax breaks to attract data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Of Lloyd’s performance on the statue, Hitchcock once dryly commented, “No one could have dangled better than Norman.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2021

Alarmed by the phenomenon, some administrators have dangled everything from free breakfasts at Waffle House to a raffle for a car to get employees to roll up their sleeves.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2021

In recent weeks, the companies have dangled the prospect of additional investments.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2018

I have dangled from a cord a hundred miles above this planet; I have been privileged to go beyond this planet’s moon, briefly, into the black void beyond.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins