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all-around

[awl-uh-round] / ˈɔl əˌraʊnd /
ADJECTIVE
multifaceted
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ADVERB
in all places
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"We do have to kind of remind ourselves of the gifts that life is and the wonders all around us in abundance amid the darkness and the dark times."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"It was just what I needed to remind me that there was beauty all around me and lots of wonder in the everyday."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The ravenous audience, almost entirely women, fluttered dollar bills all around, while easily filling the saloon’s 300-person capacity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

“There have been rigorous studies all around the country: Money bail does absolutely nothing to protect the public at all,” said Salil Dudani, a senior attorney for Civil Rights Corps, a legal advocacy organization.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Droplets of formula hung from little black-and-white hairs all around his mouth.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold




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