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circulate

[sur-kyuh-leyt] / ˈsɜr kjəˌleɪt /




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Their identities have not been revealed, but snippets of the video with their faces visible continue to circulate online.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

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

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Unions have strongly criticised VW and Blume for unsettling employees by allowing media reports of mass job cuts to circulate without comment, demanding the CEO take a public stand.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

To circulate the proceeds back into Iraq, the Fed began shipping as much as $13 billion a year in U.S. banknotes to Baghdad to keep its heavily cash-based economy functioning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

In their blood-coloured and foetal darkness the dancers continued for a while to circulate, to beat and beat out the indefatigable rhythm.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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

Some claims were based on the kind of false and confusing information that always circulates after a major news event with a lot of witnesses.

From Slate Apr. 26, 2026

Pomp, who suffered the sickness as a child, circulates with me among the afflicted, bathing them comfortably and urging them to resist scratching and worrying at the sores, lest they rupture.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

Similar claims have circulated widely online, though Spanish officials dispute comparisons to U.S. immigration policy and say the circumstances surrounding the Ceuta crossings are unique to the enclave’s geography and legal status.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Opposition parties and sections of civil society rallied behind the protesters, while images of police action circulated widely online.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Elara, another Taiwanese woman, used AI to translate a summary of the incident into more than 10 languages, such as Japanese, Portuguese and Russian, which have been circulated online.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

This doctrine was so dangerous that the manuscript describing it had to be circulated in secret, an Athenian samizdat.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

He also urged the public to contact police with any information they have and not to share any images and videos circulating on social media.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Redstone’s critique builds on others circulating within the profession.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

When measles started circulating last year, Kennedy was slow to endorse the MMR shot and hawked ineffective measles treatments.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

But Jam could still feel the anxiety and fear like a spilled sourness soaked up by the floor, circulating through the house.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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