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[raund] / raʊnd /










NOUN
unit of ammunition
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Dubois, 29, makes the first defence of his WBO world title after climbing off the canvas twice to stop Wardley in the 11th round of their thrilling encounter in Manchester in May.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Once the coronagraph's focus had been optimized, engineers returned to the Wide Field Instrument for another round of adjustments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Note: Open Division second round pool play Saturday; Third round pool play Wed.,

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Plus, a massive round of layoffs and leadership shake-ups took place this week, affecting about 6 percent of Netflix’s staff—its deepest workforce cut in four years.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The silence filled the room, running like an electric current round us all.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Grynspan performed best on average in the first five rounds of informal polling, again coming top Friday -- despite the two vetoes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

After the stinging rounds of layoffs, Kim said, the university expects to “significantly exceed” the roughly $30-million surplus he forecast for USC earlier this year during his state-of-the-university speech, though final numbers are pending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Dhawan added that the Varonis acquisition largely rounds out the core platform Proofpoint aims to offer enterprise clients, though he didn’t rule out targeted, smaller acquisitions to address future gaps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The process involves repeated rounds of cutting, staining, examining, and comparing samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Mrs. Odom gave us water in paper cups and made the rounds kissing and hugging each of those boys.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

"Younger males and females both had more pointed heads, but the head became rounder as the sharks matured. That change was much greater in females."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Puka Nacua, for instance, was a fifth rounder in 2023 and just led the NFL in receiving yards per game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Matijevich’s go-to lentils to cook are French green lentils, which are smaller and rounder in size compared to green lentils.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

Your mileage may vary, but know that the best gingerbread cookie in Disneyland is actually inside the park at the Harbor Galley, where the cookies are smaller and rounder but also spicier and chewier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

Tica’s middle was rounder than Mama Killa at her fullest.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

The spheres are also thought to be the roundest objects on earth.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2018

More than seven feet in diameter, it was, Tom Wolfe once wrote, “the biggest roundest bed in the history of the world.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2017

The size of Ping-Pong balls and coated with the superconductor niobium, the spheres were the roundest objects ever created by human beings.

From US News ● May 5, 2011

According to Adidas it was the roundest ball ever invented.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2010

And there was the hugest, roundest stove they ever saw in all their lives.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen


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