around in circles
Example Sentences
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Dug donned a life jacket in the pool and treaded around in the water, chasing a ball as co-owner Jazz Pritchard led him around in circles on a leash.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
“They’re driving us around in circles and covering their tracks,” Navalny’s spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, said on Saturday.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024
Dora Maurer, in Budapest, coated her bare feet in red paint on May Day 1971 and walked around in circles: a dissident, pointless march to her own drum while the army paraded outside.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024
"They've spent a lot of time going around and around and around in circles asking people 'what would you like?'," she said.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024
She didn’t really do much of anything, just walked around in circles and occasionally squatted down and examined something on the ground.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
