Example Sentences

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While AI-generated anthropomorphic fruit videos were circling the internet before the debut of “Fruit Love Island,” the origin of this particular series remains somewhat of a mystery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Joy Wiltermuth explained how some bond-market investors were circling to scoop up defaulted Venezuela government bonds even before U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro, the country’s president, on Jan. 3.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

After each distraction, the researchers saw a rotating pattern within the subspace, as if those "starlings" were circling back into formation after being scattered.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

As Andy Campbell of HuffPost reports, the Proud Boys — who were "circling the drain" a year ago — are swiftly reforming.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

She said, “I think were circling the bull’s-eye.”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg