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around

[uh-round] / əˈraʊnd /


ADVERB
close to a place
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OK, maybe that’s going a little too far, but if the animals are just as spirited next year, Americans will probably be gathering around their Thanksgiving tables feeling especially fortunate.

From The Wall Street Journal

A vivid memory for Sanchez is his grandfather slaughtering a pig and driving around South-Central on his pickup truck selling it.

From Los Angeles Times

Every year around this time, a natural market dynamic creates bargains in the stock market.

From MarketWatch

“Poems are nice things to have sitting around in your head.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Then powered by a glazed doughnut and extra-large energy drink, he zips around driveways in northern New Jersey and nearby New York, ringing doorbells, photographing doorsteps and hauling away the physical aftermath of holiday optimism.

From The Wall Street Journal