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go around

[goh-uh-round] / ˈgoʊ əˌraʊnd /




VERB
circumvolve
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“There’s just a bevy of cases that say you can’t just go around the Senate rules or the House rules when you put somebody in contempt,” Brand said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

There’s only so much capital to go around.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

He told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime: "If you go around the venues you see a lot of aggression and win-at-all-costs on the sidelines."

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

His instinct was to photograph, but he did not expect one of his lakeside snapshots to go around the world within hours.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

“Think about it, Ekon. Why would Adiah bother to hold all the splendor inside of her body to protect Lkossa’s people, if she was just going to go around killing its citizens anyway?”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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