Example Sentences

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With the league clearly in crisis mode, the Big Ten began engaging again with Oregon and Washington, while the Big 12 was circling the Arizona schools and Utah.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

Open last year when Koepka was part of a group that was circling the wagons for the PGA Tour.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Meanwhile, his relationship with his girlfriend was circling the drain.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

The plane, carrying members of the Golden Knights parachute team, was circling in what the FAA calls the Flight-Restricted Zone, which stretches about 15 nautical miles around Reagan National Airport.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

But if it sounded like the district attorney’s office was circling Reggie, that was far from the case.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel