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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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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
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No reports have suggested that Pittsburgh is looking to trade Watt or even open to the idea of considering it.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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The temperatures were expected to reach a high of 79 degrees, a departure for the typically overcast city, as Russia's Mirra Andreeva and Switzerland's Belinda Bencic faced off for the women's singles championships quarter finals.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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Nvidia on Wednesday became the first company in history to reach a $4 trillion valuation.—
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10 July 2025
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The Minnesota Lynx are leading the pack and are hunting for their first title since 2017.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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All the while, a menacing gangster named Vince (Cranston) looms in the background, hunting Marius down for a debt that could cost him his life.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Cast about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20about. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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