stand around
Example Sentences
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Wax figures of Luke, Leia, Darth Vader and C-3PO stand around as if waiting to go through TSA before climbing aboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Shipments from China averaged between 650,000 and 900,000 barrels a day in recent years, but now exports stand around 350,000 barrels a day, said Brian Stetter, an analyst at S&P Global.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
While a Wednesday rate cut is baked in, the odds of another quarter-point reduction in borrowing costs in January stand around 20% and barely get above coin-flip territory through the first half of next year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
They stand around in combat fatigues, holding their rifles and listening intently as she describes how the family's belongings were thrown into the street.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
I am on the Pit floor, next to the chasm, and the initiates stand around me, their arms folded and their faces blank.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
