round on

verb

rounded on; rounding on; rounds on
Synonyms of round onnext

transitive verb

: to turn against : assail

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Wednesday’s quarterfinals and semifinals consisted of oral spelling and vocabulary rounds on a big stage in front of a sprawling audience. Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 The four-time grand slam winner is set to face 2024 Olympic singles silver medalist Donna Vekić in the second round on Thursday. Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 27 May 2026 The winners of both groups – with Group B made up of Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Canada – will advance to the semifinal round on June 6 with the medal games scheduled for June 7. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026 Representatives will return to Mexico City for a third negotiating round on July 20. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 May 2026 Mira Murati, OpenAI's former chief technology officer, closed $2 billion for Thinking Machines Lab at a $12 billion valuation, the largest seed round on record. Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 This season, City has won both the League Cup and FA Cup and is second behind Arsenal in the Premier League, needing to beat Bournemouth on Tuesday to keep the title race going until the final round on Sunday. ABC News, 19 May 2026 The players officially teed off on May 14 and will continue playing until the final round on May 17. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026 First spotted in Beijing on Wednesday (May 13) during the President’s trip to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, footage of them has been doing the rounds on social media. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026

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