in circles
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The most likely is a fifth year of grinding attritional warfare, while talks go round in circles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
You typically drive in circles around familiar streets.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
"We take advantage of a synthetic effective field that arises when a terahertz pulse drives ions in the crystal lattice in circles," explains lead author Zhiyang Zeng.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025
“They kept going in circles, almost swiping at each other, but then not quite hitting each other.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025
The angler fish had recovered itself and was swimming in circles.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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