31.   Companies are eager to merge and sell stocks and bonds these days amid low interest rates and a stock market hovering near record levels.

32.   Currently on an eight-game road trip, they are still hovering near the top of the Eastern Division and playing well.

33.   European stocks rose, lifted by a strong dollar and Wall Street stocks hovering near record highs.

34.   Even with temperatures hovering near freezing on the East Coast, Express was scoring with skimpy, spangled halter tops in silver and come-hither pink.

35.   Farther inland, freezing rain will glaze portions of the Columbia River Valley as the moist Pacific air begins to dislodge weighty cold air hovering near the ground.

36.   Farther south, patchy low clouds and cooler air will preside over the southern Plains as a stationary front hovers near the Red River.

37.   Favored disciples hovered near, protecting the revered sages with gilded parasols.

38.   Fortunately, temperatures hovered near zero the whole time.

39.   From there I got a clear shot at the Immarsat satellite hovering near the bulge of West Africa.

40.   Government bonds were little changed this week, with yields hovering near historic lows, as the fiscal half came to an end.