casts about

verb

present tense third-person singular of cast about
as in looks

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  1. looks
  2. reaches
  3. hunts
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  • Centene’s payment to Hope Florida looks more like the latter to us.
    — Darryll K. Jones, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But returning home after some time with Ye-ji and Sang-woo, their place suddenly looks shabby and cheap.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of looks
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  • The process of building a character requires some degree of ego death, and as the old Mona disappears and a new Mona emerges, Moore’s own performance reaches transcendent levels of hilarity.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Even on a computer with limited use, antivirus software adds another layer of protection in case a malicious website or other threat reaches the device.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of reaches
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  • Jordan hunts estate sales, thrift stores and EcoSet, flips Facebook Marketplace scores and tends an ever-growing plant collection, treating her cozy apartment as a long-term nesting ground between film and TV jobs.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • As its common name suggests, the giant huntsman spider actively hunts its prey, and its diet includes insects as well as small rodents and reptiles.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hunts
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