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[huhv-er, hov-] / ˈhʌv ər, ˈhɒv- /


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Some forecasts suggest temperatures could hover around 30C for at least seven consecutive days in places, perhaps rising back into the mid-30s at times although there is some uncertainty.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

Despite record government intervention, the currency continues to hover near the critical 160 threshold against the dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Saudi Arabia's National Center for Meteorology predicted daytime temperatures this week would hover between 42 and 47 degrees Celsius in Mecca during the hajj, which officially begins on Monday.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

Some members of communities where they most often hover have come to consider them an unwelcome intrusion and a reminder of the LAPD’s overbearing presence.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

The ship shudders like chattering teeth, and I know we’re lifting off ground into an antigravity hover.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Of course, devotion to principle and decorum sometimes hovers close to sanctimony, but there is a human side to Mr. Alexander as well, and even humor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The rate for the former hovers at around 5.8% versus 6.4% for the latter.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

For Morrison, writing fiction was a form of “literary archaeology,” excavating history, and how the past hovers over the present.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

More important—perhaps inevitable in tiny bits of ceramic art with exquisite details—an air of preciousness hovers over a few works.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

But I hate the way she hovers over me and criticizes my every move.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

Oil prices rose on Monday and hovered around $75 a barrel, but they were not far from preconflict levels of $65.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Dollar Index ticked down, but hovered near multiyear highs as the rebound in oil prices intensified inflation expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 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

While these deals boost growth on paper, DiFucci estimates that actual organic, constant-currency subscription growth hovered around 7.5% over the past two quarters.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

A thick gray-white cloud of steam hovered ahead.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Both main contracts fell more than one percent Friday with Brent hovering just below $100.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

When Sheen returned to the area with his family in 1977, having lived for a while in Liverpool, he was told that his neighbour had seen "a UFO hovering over her back garden".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

U.S. exports of those fuels are still hovering near record levels, while American refineries run full-tilt to replace supplies in Asia, Europe and Latin America, Kpler data show.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

That multiple is also hovering near an 11-year low.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

The mist rose and rose and then became a hovering gray cloud above both their heads.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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