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cast

[kast, kahst] / kæst, kɑst /










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The archive haul included papers, scripts and storyboards, but it also shed light on the long shadow cast by The Wicker Man.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Marvel recently stoked excitement for the “Black Panther” franchise at San Diego Comic-Con with the announcement that David Jonsson has been cast as T’Challa’s son and the new King of Wakanda.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The gathering coincided with the annual shareholder meeting of the Lodge Cast Iron pan company, which has been melting pig iron and recycled steel to form cast iron pans for 130 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“Any changes that cast doubt on that is probably more likely to be reflected in those stock prices,” Bond said, referring to data-center-driven demand for memory and storage products.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

My heart twists into a bow—it’s like the evil version of the chain links Adinkra symbol that Ama cast.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The most irritating thing about “Mutiny” is that it has decent ideas that it floats and then casts adrift.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

At 80, President Lula on Sunday launches his bid for re-election, casting himself as a defender of Brazil's "sovereignty" as pressure from Donald Trump's administration casts a shadow over the campaign.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

From the moment Gavriel steps inside the narrator’s top-tier Jerusalem high school, he casts a shadow on the staid older faculty members.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The chief minister casts the new arrangement as the opposite of the blockade - a logical, mutually beneficial opening up of a border.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

As the waitress departs, Celia casts a long look around the room, scanning the crowd as though she is looking for someone but not finding a point to focus on.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Actors Gil Birmingham and Danny Huston were mentioned in Salkin’s original pitch deck as potential casting ideas for her show.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

“She’s casting a wide net, but she is not catching many fish.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Speaking at D23, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said there was a lot more X-Men casting news to come.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

"Behind every one of these campaigns is a simple argument... that a ballot is worth casting even when you know how the night ends," he writes on his website.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

"A big-shot casting agent out of LA. She'll be attending the Hamilton after-party. That's where I've got to be in exactly one hour."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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