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Big drugmakers including Roche Holding and Novo Nordisk, Lilly’s rival in diabetes and obesity treatment, have been circling the emerging category, according to Jefferies analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Kosmos 482, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, never made it out of Earth's orbit and instead broke into four pieces that have been circling the planet for more than five decades.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

That’s according to a purportedly leaked CIA assessment among the trove of alleged intelligence documents that have been circling through social media and triggering unease between Washington and its allies in recent days.

From Washington Times • Apr. 12, 2023

But it is increasingly a contest between Putin and Biden, who have been circling each other for years.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2023

But he might as well have been circling Pinkus’s house again — the scenery seemed protected from him, shellacked.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen