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1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 33% | 7 | Being overly protective | |
3 | 33% | 13 | Overly protective individuals | |
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We think the answer is "HOVER" which means:
- verb
- • Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- • To hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
- • Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
- • Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
- • Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing noun
- • The act of hovering
- • A cover; a shelter; a protection.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The drone hovered above the crowd."
- • "She watched the hummingbird hover near the flowers."
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