as in floated
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
claimed that the UFO hovered a moment, then spun off into space at incredible speed
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Temperatures in the city hovered around the upper-30s on Friday, with a major drop in the forecast predicted for the weekend.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
Earlier in the week, the digital asset touched a fresh all-time high of $108,000 and hovered around $102,000 on Thursday.
—Brian Evans,sean Conlon, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
In the first two weeks of December, daily lake temperatures hovered 2 to 4 degrees above the historical average.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
All that is required is some simple HTML coding, nothing advanced about this at all, which edits the mouseover text label which is displayed next to the link being hovered over while the actual URL is displayed elsewhere.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
For high school juniors, performance in Biology and Literature hovered near last year’s scores, while improvement was seen in Algebra.
—Christina Lengyel | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Dec. 2024
The storm eventually subsided, but the dark clouds hovered over Frost’s tenure at Nebraska.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
As of 2023, global unemployment hovered around 208 million people, according to the International Labor Organization.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Average temperatures hovered near 60 degrees, roughly four degrees above normal.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024
Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
Earlier in the week, the digital asset touched a fresh all-time high of $108,000 and hovered around $102,000 on Thursday.
—Brian Evans,sean Conlon, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
In the first two weeks of December, daily lake temperatures hovered 2 to 4 degrees above the historical average.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
All that is required is some simple HTML coding, nothing advanced about this at all, which edits the mouseover text label which is displayed next to the link being hovered over while the actual URL is displayed elsewhere.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
For high school juniors, performance in Biology and Literature hovered near last year’s scores, while improvement was seen in Algebra.
—Christina Lengyel | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Dec. 2024
The storm eventually subsided, but the dark clouds hovered over Frost’s tenure at Nebraska.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
As of 2023, global unemployment hovered around 208 million people, according to the International Labor Organization.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Average temperatures hovered near 60 degrees, roughly four degrees above normal.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024
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