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is circling

  • present progressive of circle (3rd person singular).

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Still, much is circling around this year’s show.

From Seattle Times Mar. 9, 2024

Dav Beal — the husband of popular Christian influencer Bethany Beal, of "Girl Defined" — revealed that he is "circling deconstruction," meaning that he's considering leaving his faith.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2024

The Bills have lost three of four, and their season is circling the drain.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2023

Vice Media, previously on the hook for big payments to one of its investors, the private equity giant TPG, is circling a plan to go public, according to three people with knowledge of Vice Media.

From New York Times Jul. 27, 2021

There, high above us, a dark shape is circling, looping, surfing the wind currents.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila