cast about/around for

phrasal verb

cast about/around for; casting about/around for; casts about/around for

: to look in many places for (something)

They cast about for new ways to make money on the farm.

She is still casting around for someone to watch her son while she is at work.

Examples of cast about/around for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Former Soviet allies such as Syria cast about for ways to get into this new order through peace negotiations with Israel. —

Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2022 After his son Beau died, in 2015, of a brain tumor, Biden once again cast about for purpose. —

Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 And some cast about for alternatives to lead the party into the future. —

Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 20 July 2024 The hard-line leader has cast about for a strategy to end the wave of protests, with little success. —

Jim Heintz, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for cast about/around for

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