- present participle of circle.
circling
Example Sentences
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Silver Lake’s takeover of Workday would send a clear signal to investors that private-equity firms are circling software.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
That is the sentence, the amount of time, I keep circling.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Blackstone circling $36 billion debt package to back Anthropic’s Google chip rentals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
It wasn’t the price that made them hesitate, but that she kept circling back to the cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Maalu glided through the water and spun around, circling Razi.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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