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revolve

[ri-volv] / rɪˈvɒlv /




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For all its fluff, it does occasionally show its teeth, even when much of the story revolves around women whose lives revolve around men.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

But they also gather amid significant political headwinds, much of which revolve around money.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

One major detail was a nonnegotiable: Allen wanted the show to revolve around Dwayne and Whitley’s daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

In recent weeks, the conflict has come to revolve around the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Biff let the words revolve again gently inside him.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Much of the drama revolves around a missing Hollingsworth, who some characters believe dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

For all its fluff, it does occasionally show its teeth, even when much of the story revolves around women whose lives revolve around men.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Robert De Niro has spent more than five decades building one of Hollywood’s most celebrated careers—and an incredibly unique property portfolio, one that revolves heavily around his hometown of New York.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Meta's business model revolves around selling advertising, and the company earns more when users spend more time on its apps.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The shadowshapers’ mythology revolves around an archetypal spirit named Lucera, who apparently vanished mysteriously a few months back, not long after I entered the fold.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

"Denise's entire life revolved between the two extremes of courage and suffering," Luigi Ciotti, president of Libera wrote, calling that a difficult balance.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Turkey's interests in Syria historically revolved around preventing a spillover of Kurdish fighters.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

My interest in writing and literature revolved around darker themes, whether it was the Beats or Paul Bowles or whatever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

An industry that once revolved around information shared at private clubs or events has become a highly digitized landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Entire lifetimes revolved before him while he stood there, dimly aware of the passing minutes, his breath fanning against the glass.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Behind it, a revolving turntable exposed rubble-strewn outdoor expanses and the grim, stony interiors of Macbeth’s castle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

It also adapted Justin Simien’s indie flick “Dear White People” into an in-your-face comedy revolving around the Black experience at an Ivy League college.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

It argued the plan should focus on three key priorities - revolving around data, targets and investment.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

They had a revolving stage, so it was basically a treadmill, and we were running something like 23 kilometers a night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Soon all the inside seemed on fire; the ball was spinning, or the lights within were revolving.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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