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Mr. Kurin asked, adding, “People were bandying about, ‘Well, the Smithsonian, we’re going to take away $100 million from your budget.’

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2011

This much came to him and it bothered him even more, now that he understood that they were bandying their meanings lightly over a subject so vital, so important, so—so completely personal.

From The Fourth R by Smith, George Oliver

A tall lady in rose-pink had taken possession of Guy, Evesham and Lady Ladislaw made the two centres of a straggling group who were bandying recondite political allusions.

From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The movement was so quick that before those who were looking at him really grasped its meaning the hot rocks were bandying echoes of the report.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

But, over the sinking of her heart, she kept her voice light, and Gerald, all unsuspecting, answered, as if it were a harmless jest they were bandying, 'What a horrid score!

From Franklin Kane by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas