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The phrase "hover about" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to remain close by, staying in the same area without settling in one place. Example: The butterflies seemed to hover about the flowers, flitting from one to the other with graceful movements.
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As the waiters hover about, she comes across as smart and polished.
Busboys hover about, bringing bread almost before you want it and keeping your glasses filled with water.
A few neighbors hover about, cowering with her and the children in a basement when the bombs fall too close, but otherwise she's alone.
We arrived at the house of some cousins, two twins, small men now in their 50s, one with a mustache and one without, who live with their mother, whom they tend to hover about protectively.
In keeping with Japanese tradition, the museum has no coat room, the signs are discreet, and no guards hover about, a plan that allows viewers to have an intimate relationship with the art.
Whenever it was known that an American frigate was in a harbor, an English squadron would hover about, making it impossible for along ship to get to sea.
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What must Tamir have thought as the officers hovered about, not helping him?
While the owner, Peter Kourakos, tenderly hovers about, the customers sit in the almost hushed dining room taking small, unhurried bites of the pot roast or other daily specials.
The Dean campaign says its average contribution hovers about $77.
Nuns from Mother Teresa's order hovered about.
Not the rest of the curious crowd hovering about.
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