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cast

[kast, kahst] / kæst, kɑst /










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Voters have several ways to cast their ballots in the Nov. 3 general election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

After giving flowers to the cast and thanking the audience for showing up, Glyman delivered a line that earned him ample cheers far beyond the rows of yellow-lanyard–sporting Ramp employees seated near me.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then it will be time for the hundreds of visitors to cast off and head home with their Shetland Oo for another year.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But they have now been completely cast aside, replaced by new forecasts of an extended period of elevated borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The boy cast a longing glance in the direction of the bird’s departure, but he did not argue.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Since Diplodocus was first discovered in the United States in 1878, casts of its skeleton have appeared in major natural history museums around the world, particularly during the early 20th century.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The 1959 image features his father, a shoe repairman, in a wooden chair reading the Spanish-language newspaper La Opinión, while his side profile casts a shadow on a vintage console to his side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mr. Power begins his survey with Chapman’s Homer but frequently casts his glance backward to the Homeric epics themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Eventually he realizes that he doesn’t mind “the emotional shadow that Graceland and Elvis casts over the song. In some way I think it adds an emotional punch.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

As I look on, Zero casts a bet of 34.05 notes on the Obsidian Kings.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

I received good reviews, and lots of casting directors saw me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Rather than casting players as super-powered characters, as was the case with most video games in the 90s, it forced them to survive with limited resources.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

On Friday, the Russian leader appeared again, in a largely silent 40-second video clip that showed him casting his vote online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Garry Tan, who runs the startup incubator Y Combinator, is among the loudest of those voices, casting safety-driven regulation as a threat to the small companies that cannot absorb its costs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

The setting sun hovered over the rooftops, casting a yellowish-orange glow in the darkening sky.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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