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[ri-volv] / rɪˈvɒlv /




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Those concerns also revolve around so-called AI agents, which are software products that are designed to perform tasks autonomously.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Infantino opened the door to a 64-team global tournament during this year's event, but Tebas argued that "not everything can revolve around the World Cup".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Going forward, questions will revolve around how much investors “really know about” SK Hynix’s shares, and how much that matters “if trades are placed based on a volatility trade,” Gregson said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Perhaps a key difference that gives Costco the monocultural edge over our increasingly algorithmized culture is that it doesn’t revolve around a single type of storytelling, or even agreed-upon facts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

High school, I had come to realize, did not revolve around the usual four seasons on the calendar.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

Sharing scenes with the other principal characters, intense or sensitive as the moment requires, Alice is the hub around whom the series revolves and hurtles forward.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Modern-day discussion of U.S. campaign finance revolves around issues such as dark money, outside-group spending and corporate personhood.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

Americans, who usually think the world revolves around economics, consistently misapprehend how revolutionaries embrace tumult.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Manya Koetse, who runs the Eye on Digital China newsletter, described the campaign as "quite a mess for a brand whose entire business revolves around cleanliness".

From BBC Jun. 23, 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

But if Spain’s tactics revolved around control, patience, and invention, Argentina’s approach to Sunday focused more squarely on intimidation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Remember when the biggest Emmy question about “The Bear” revolved around whether it belonged in the comedy categories?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Losing that means losing an entire culture that revolved around archives, memory-keeping, and eager community-sharing.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

For so long, everything at the top of the sport has revolved around the Kyiv fighter.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

I revolved in my head passages of ancient texts that recalled how Britons had been slaves.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Going through the building's cavernous basement – which once housed two restaurants – crews found fragments of a wooden, revolving door dating back to the 1910s.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Nehls only disclosed a handful of bank accounts, stock and a mutual fund — all worth less than $15,000, while listing liabilities in the form of revolving credit from three credit card companies.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

"That was the moment I realised somebody had to do something," said the wildlife biologist, who never dreamt of a career revolving around the sea.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

“The revolving door of leadership and a compliance-driven culture created conditions where schools were destabilized and community trust was shattered.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Vastly far away I see the sun, black but shining, and slowly revolving around it there are spiders.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner




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