Synonyms for hanging on
hang·ing on

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1. hanging on

   Synonyms:
   persistence, tenacity, importunity

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1. Dwight Eisenhower, April 16, 1953:

   Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

2. Aamer Anwar:

   They are just literally hanging on to her words, hoping that she's alive when the contact comes through, that she hasn't been killed by a drone or a bomb or whatever.

3. Kim Davis:

   My husband and I had talked about it for quite a while and we came to the conclusion that the Democratic Party left us a long time ago, so why were we hanging on?

4. Colin Kahl:

   I think we're not seeing the Ukrainian defenses buckle, they're hanging on, but it is a grinding fight.

5. David Hufton:

   Once again the Saudis have delivered a hammer blow to fellow producers, it promises to be the final nail in the coffin for those shale producers and their lenders hanging on for a short-term price reprieve.