cast about

France’s borrowing costs have risen to the levels of Europe’s debt-laden periphery as Macron has cast about for a prime minister who can pass a new budget by the end of the year.

Since becoming president, he has cast about for lawyers who would do exactly what he wanted, including helping him stay in office after he lost the 2020 election.

His eyes cast about the roaring scene before him before landing on the banner.

After parting ways with Bumbershoot in 2021, he said, One Reel was casting about for a new project at the height of the pandemic.

In real life, and in “Diaries,” we move to memories, yearnings, cast about into the future.