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circulate

[sur-kyuh-leyt] / ˈsɜr kjəˌleɪt /




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Fake AI versions of Bare circulate on social media, asking for donations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Shellfish, bread, beer circulate around firepits dug into sand.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

His comments come as new calls for mass crossings circulate on social media, according to Moroccan media.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

“Bluesky apology forms” even began to circulate among lefties with a sense of humor and self-effacement.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

The room had no window, just a large hole near the ceiling for a little bit of air to circulate.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

Much of the interest on the internet circulates around filmmaker Kane Parsons’ viral “found footage” videos on YouTube.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

As a scholar who researches the relationship between Christianity and fashion, I have traced how Christian imagery circulates in surprising forms.

From Salon May 17, 2026

The Andes virus, which circulates in Argentina and Chile and is mainly spread among the long-tailed pygmy rice rat, is the only hantavirus strain known to be able to transmit from human to human.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

Human-to-human transmission has only been reported in previous outbreaks of one specific hantavirus called Andes virus, which circulates in South America.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

The scent of oil lamps and old paper and leather circulates.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

After the series aired, Amnesty South Africa circulated guidance on narcissistic abuse and what steps a woman can take.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Theories have circulated online about what might have been behind the wave of 72,000 people who climbed over fences and swam around a breakwater to get into Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Photos circulated among students and eventually reached Cornell University Police.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

While the fuel-oil tax-dodge is a relatively recent phenomenon, purloined Mexican fuel, known simply as huachicol, has circulated for decades.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Brian heard reports that someone had gotten permission to solicit at one of the local factories—four guys had circulated through the place and sold three hundred boxes in a couple of hours.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is circulating photos of 27 people seen earlier this month at the auto supply business at Atlantic and Olympic boulevards.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Not least because of images and videos circulating on social media.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Letters are circulating by AI leaders calling for a slowdown in the release of new models, and for a joint effort by the U.S. and China.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Researchers found that a 30-minute sauna session increased the number of every type of circulating white blood cell.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

We all burst with laughter, imagining the late-night newspapers circulating all over the kingdom with pictures of Edel's little girl, the word shaved into her hair beside a picture of cow feces.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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