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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cast about
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The disappointment is palpable in a team that won the World Series as recently as four years ago and has veteran skipper Brian Snitker, in the last year of his contract, looking toward retirement.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
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The idea came from us looking at the Warped Tour performance as a celebration.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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In Columbus, the heat index will reach 93 on July 23, rise to 101 on July 24, and drop a bit to 98 on July 25.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
22 July 2025
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In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Ross poured praise on his former boss's tariff plans, but said that the main challenge now will be reaching a fully fledged and durable agreement with China, and securing a trade deal with the European Union.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
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Hakimi’s protagonist straddles the thin line between reality and fantasy, between cultures and languages, between hunting and being hunted.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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In one of his final public acts, Osbourne designed and signed limited-edition t-shirts to raise funds for the campaign, urging the UK government to ban the import of hunting trophies from endangered species.—
Amanda Castro
Gabe Whisnant
Anna Commander
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
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