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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  • This week as a special treat, HBO release the first five minutes of the premiere episode that looks fantastic and reveals a much younger Hal Jordan being interviewed in 1996 and John Stewart's abusive family backstory involving a gun and an apple!
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • For Marni's summer collections, Consuelo brought her idiosyncratic sensibility to looks that mixed ethnic and vintage elements with intriguing cutting.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of looks
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  • Other governments, including the US, have their own rules and disclosure requirements, but beyond the breadth of the controls in China, the sheer number of people affected is striking – and reaches far beyond civil servants.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • By July and August, the mountainsides have turned green, wildflowers bloom across the alpine tundra, and Skagway is at its busiest as the cruise season reaches its peak.
    — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of reaches
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  • Now, everyone who hunts whitetails has heard about scrapes, and hunters who correctly utilize scrapes score more consistently than those who don’t.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Here's a look at what the orbiter captured, and what could be next as NASA also hunts for the crash site.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of hunts
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