mill around
Example Sentences
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The soldiers had been on a high-visibility patrol near the corner of 17th and I streets, an area where many office workers mill around at lunchtime.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 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
The Longview Fire Department first responded to reports of a blaze at the paper mill around 6:40 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023
From the shade of a doorway, the father of the family watched us mill around with a tolerant smile.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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