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The phrase "hover in the background" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that remains present but does not take center stage or draw attention.
Example: "During the meeting, she chose to hover in the background, allowing her colleagues to take the lead."
Alternatives: "linger in the shadows" or "remain in the periphery."
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Obs: Woody Allen seems to hover in the background.
As a journalist, she loathed picture bylines and was happy to hover in the background.
The men in her life hover in the background of her conversation like ghosts.
In the fight against extremism, political analysis dominates discussions while military solutions hover in the background.
And population transfer did not just "hover" in the background of their thinking, he says.
The Saudi and Iranian powers hover in the background fueling each side.
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A third case hovers in the background.
An eagle hovered in the background.
It hovers in the background as something crazy.
And hovering in the background, waiting, waiting, are the entourage.
And less glowering Russian boyars hovering in the background.
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