roundabout

Example Sentences

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Belov said he filmed the girl as she held the weapons, which the court heard were recovered from a nearby roundabout.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Instead, the no-audits pledge followed a roundabout path.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

It was a more unpredictable and roundabout route than any offensive coordinator would dare draw.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

"Whereas if you're going to a roundabout with GPS, your brain is not actively engaged in that at all."

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

But in the roundabout way in which God often works, I did find myself back there . . . some forty years after Mama Lessie’s death and thirty years after Grandaddy had died there.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry