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And yet, whether socialite spy or glasses-wearing econometrician, both were drawn from the Ivy League and a handful of other acceptable schools, thereby maintaining a largely closed circle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

Even the snobbiest TV snoots can’t resist Alan Cumming as the playfully sadistic laird of Ardross Castle, emceeing what is essentially a closed circle murder mystery.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

"I don't see it as much of an issue because, again, they all believed that this was a closed circle of conversation."

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025

“You’re simply in a closed circle which is not filled with the happy times of before, but with great fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of dying here and now.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2023

Our physical life forms a closed circle, science says, and what goes into our bodies as physical force, must come out in physical force, or as some of its equivalents.

From The Breath of Life by John Burroughs


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