bandying (about)

present participle of bandy (about)

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Verb
  • These neighborhoods and communities are the center of Los Angeles’s entrepreneurial service desert, and building a headquarters in their midst creates jobs, reduces unemployment rates, and strengthens community ties by circulating local revenue.
    Lenwood V. Long, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • In March, rumors began circulating that the couple were having marital struggles — but Asghari's rep shut the rumors down.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Nancy and Minh are there too, but primarily to set up Peggy’s consternation that her neighbors, along with the rest of Rainey Street, have become a bunch of phone addicts hiding behind their Ring cams and gossiping on the Neighbors app instead of interacting face to face.
    Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Bandying (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandying%20%28about%29. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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