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Recent Examples of cast about My college cohort graduated into a decimated job market, desperately seeking internships that were likely to be unpaid and casting about for gigs working in bars or cafés. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2025 The panel, moderated by PEOPLE's Dory Jackson, featured a fan question for the Saved by the Bell cast about if anyone ever stole any of their characters' outfits from the set. Angela Andaloro, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025 This comes during a period where there are small indications the Oilers might be casting about looking to shake up the pro goaltending depth chart. Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 The list of things Disney might not want journalists to ask its cast about with this movie is long and of varying levels of importance. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cast about
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Verb
  • Meanwhile…things haven’t looked so good for Starbucks in China recently, and not just because its baristas can’t spell names in Chinese characters, either.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 2 July 2025
  • This month, look to your inner child for clues: What used to bring you joy before life told you to grow up?
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Several states are reaching record high temperatures.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Only one Pac-12 legacy school, Arizona, reached the Sweet 16, this spring.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • Gyrfalcons specialize in hunting other birds like ptarmigan and ducks.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Once states take over, many are expected to push for grizzly hunting seasons, and some, like Wyoming, have already set grizzly bear hunting regulations for when the creatures are no longer protected.
    Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025

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