talk around

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1. Also, talk round. Persuade, as in I talked him around to my point of view, or He had a hard time talking them round, but they finally agreed to postpone the tournament. Also see talk into.

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talk around

Most of the talk around prices concerns the cost of Brent crude - a widely-used international benchmark for oil.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

But the talk around OpenAI isn’t as exuberant now as it was when ChatGPT first burst on the scene.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 29, 2025

Much of the pre-match build-up centred on talk around the young starlets on both sides, but it was Chelsea's Estevao who stole the show over Barcelona's Spain winger Lamine Yamal.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

Instead, on its grandest stage, the talk around baseball will be all about whether its most popular team is ruining the game to the point of depriving us of it come 2027.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025

In my mind, I imagine Inka being some statue princess that no one pays attention to, but what they don’t know is that she holds the secrets of all who talk around her.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist