milled

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At Linate Airport, the closest of Milan’s three airports to the city center, two camouflage-clad Italian soldiers with long guns milled outside the arrival gates Monday evening.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Volunteers urged attendees to take their seats, but they milled around, greeting old friends, hugging, shouting names across rows of white folding chairs.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

Women wearing long wigs and ornate traditional dresses milled around a pebbled courtyard, stopping to snap photos under a pavilion, as the melodious strumming of the Chinese zither played in the background.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Military officers from partner countries milled about the new center in small clusters Friday, the flags on their sleeves—including those of Germany, France, Greece, Cyprus, the U.K.,

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

While most of Nergal's demons milled around warily, one skittered into attack mode.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda