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Example Sentences
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Rosta was cast about two weeks before “Starfleet Academy” started shooting, but the first table read made it clear to Landau and Kurtzman they had chosen correctly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
The colonists cast about for another means of ensuring that these judges would be independent, sensitive to local interests, and not entirely beholden to the king.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2025
Stokes is the headliner of all-star ensemble cast about to tell a story overflowing with subplots.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
These days, Lacey divides her time between Brooklyn and Mexico City — during the pandemic, she left a relationship, sold her home and cast about before alighting in Mexico City, almost on a whim.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
When she found that the theosophy she had developed for communication with a dead husband was not necessary, she cast about for some new unhappiness.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
