afoot

Example Sentences

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See: Big changes are afoot in the U.S. stock market.

From MarketWatch

The Valentine’s Day changes are a fragment of broader shifts afoot at the company.

From The Wall Street Journal

Also, while Massachusetts gets the most National Institutes of Health funding of any state on a per capita basis, changes are afoot.

From The Wall Street Journal

The huge revelation was Will discovering he has supernatural powers... plus something unusual was afoot in a cave with Max, Holly and Vecna, in his earlier, creepy incarnation of Henry Creel.

From BBC

But a paradigm shift is afoot in Europe’s largest nation, and Washington should take note.

From The Wall Street Journal