- a variation of go-around.
go-round
Americannoun
verb
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We have to learn something from our last go-round, when social media did this giant experiment on our kids and left them de-skilled in conversation and in interpersonal relationships.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
It dawns on him that he’s in a new, bizarre, just-for-him reality, and he won’t see daylight until he can spot the anomalies in each go-round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Even as the swagger returns, a key question remains about the technology from the last go-round that fizzled out in late 2022: Can robot cars finally scale affordably into businesses?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Unlike the last go-round, Disney’s board tightened up the process by establishing a succession committee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
The final go-round of the song reached its climactic end.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Alternatives made from used cooking oil, cover crops and even captured carbon dioxide would have eased pressures on the beleaguered industry—if only there had been enough to go round.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Bonds sometimes get overlooked in the financial markets—and the financial press—but the cost of borrowing is what ultimately makes the economy go round.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
"I do my best, but I can't slow down this merry go round."
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Until someone produces a lander, all the astronauts can do is go round and round the moon and admire its “magnificent desolation,” as Buzz Aldrin put it.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
“Look, I think you ought to go round to the bungalow now and ask him not to come.”
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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