Hover
Hover verb - To rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air.
Rest
Rest verb - To refrain from labor or exertion.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Beasley and Eggbert hover and the rest are bipedal.
Source: One-Wheeled Wonder - Mage Tower: Citizens who are rich in magic live in floating skyscrapers which hover in the air above the rest of the city.
Source: Literature / Towers Trilogy - The rest of the album seems to hover around the 3-6 range, although "Dedicated to Christina Li" is debatably higher.
Source: Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness
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