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The phrase "are hanging around" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe people or things that are lingering or remaining in a place without a specific purpose.
Example: "The kids are hanging around the playground after school, waiting for their parents to pick them up."
Alternatives: "are loitering" or "are lingering".
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Men in suits are hanging around outside like expectant fathers.
They are hanging around in their pants, bantering, wrestling.
A few fathers and brothers are hanging around on the sidelines.
Some of Storch's friends are hanging around, and an excited Storch shows off his guest.
The Red Sox are hanging around, and, you guessed it, they need some arms as well.
Even at the end of the day, around 6 p.m., students are hanging around, loathe to leave.
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"They are hanging around in big groups, sometimes up to nine people.
Even if you love it, you can't stand being followed around and being told, 'Look how wonderful my closets are.' " Hanging around also interferes with the crucial mental leap that the buyer must make to imagine living in the property.
"They are hanging around in really shallow water, which is really unusual for them," said Cable at the Sussex-based BDMLR, which has a boat with the pod.
The television is on, the waitress is talking sports with one of her regulars, and a group of Korean diners are hanging around at the back tables laughing.
Various members of Rocky's posse, the A$AP Mob (though Rocky wasn't the first member of the mob, he is now its apparent leader), are hanging around, the number swelling as time passes.
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