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What makes his Ross so compelling — and allows the film to hang together on the whole — is Ford's abundant humanity.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
But atmospherics will only get you so far when your story doesn’t hang together, though some flimsy bunny business in the final act at least attempts to explain the enigma.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
If these five justices hang together against ghost guns, that won’t be a particularly unexpected plot twist.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But, apart from some janky-looking special effects in the climactic sequence, the whole movie hangs together brilliantly, setting a high standard for the sequels.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
But atmospherics will only get you so far when your story doesn’t hang together, though some flimsy bunny business in the final act at least attempts to explain the enigma.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
If these five justices hang together against ghost guns, that won’t be a particularly unexpected plot twist.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But, apart from some janky-looking special effects in the climactic sequence, the whole movie hangs together brilliantly, setting a high standard for the sequels.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang together
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In their first season affiliated with a conference, the Hurricanes went a perfect 12-0, wrapping the season with their third national championship in a five-year span following a 22-0 win over No. 11 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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In 2009, three people affiliated with a similar volunteer outfit were convicted of killing a nine-year-old girl and her father in Arizona.—
Jessica Pishko,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
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The process can be complicated, but generally, under reconciliation, the goal is to combine spending and revenue provisions into a single bill.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The film is deeply atmospheric, combining handmade aesthetics with an emotive, electronic score to craft a meditative journey about separation and connection.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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The device is inserted via the jugular vein and interfaces with the motor cortex.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Ethicists and social scientists around the world must help craft rules for the limits of artificial intelligence, drone warfare, and other ways that new technologies directly interface with human societies.—
Zainab Usman,
Foreign Affairs,
5 May 2025
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In order to encourage the creation and uptake of best practices and risk mitigations, an adaptive framework requires working in conjunction with interaction, allied, partner, and commercial space system operators.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Senior officials in the U.S. and allied nations saw this as a clear warning that China may be preparing a major action short of an invasion against Taiwan.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
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“Hang together.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20together. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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