Example Sentences

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UniCredit has been circling the Frankfurt-based group since the fall of 2024, when it started building a stake in the lender and pushing for a deeper tie-up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

"I would like to clarify recent information that has been circling," he wrote.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

The spacecraft-to-spacecraft tests will be performed in tandem with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling the moon since 2009.

From Scientific American • Jun. 28, 2022

The Tianwen-1 orbiter has been circling Mars for nearly a year now.

From The Verge • Jan. 31, 2022

Just then, Ms. Tannenbaum, who has been circling the room, stops by our group.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina