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Families mill around, with the few possessions they were able to grab for the night, while their children dance through the hallways – perhaps just happy to have the day off school.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

In the middle are two young society beauties wearing the new clingy fashions with uncaricatured style, but amongst the mixed-sex groups that mill around them are gratuitously padded older women.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

As the officers mill around, one officer wearing his hat backward grabs a skateboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025

Younger attendees mill around, decked out in high fashion streetwear, while the tech journalists in the crowd dress to delicately toe the line between looking professional and avoiding overheating in the sun.

From The Verge ● Jul. 14, 2022

The traffic thins, and a few teachers mill around the doors.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements


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