Example Sentences
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Searching for direction, I found guidance in professor and documentary filmmaker Carolyn Strachan, whose average RateMyProfessor score hovered somewhere around 2.1.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
As mortgage rates hovered above 6% for the last few years, many home buyers made a calculated bet.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The defense secretary reversed the suspension of an Apache helicopter aircrew that hovered near the home of musician Kid Rock in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Temperatures in the beach cities pleasantly hovered in the 70s, a stark contrast to East Coast communities broiling in a heat wave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
The longma dropped lower, so that its hooves almost touched water, and hovered there, beating its wings in long, slow flaps.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
