circulate
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These deposits form when hot, mineral-rich fluids circulate through volcanic regions beneath the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Their identities have not been revealed, but snippets of the video with their faces visible continue to circulate online.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Bluesky apology forms” even began to circulate among lefties with a sense of humor and self-effacement.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Unions have strongly criticised VW and Blume for unsettling employees by allowing media reports of mass job cuts to circulate without comment, demanding the CEO take a public stand.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
I let that story circulate uncorrected, as it was preferable to the embarrassing truth.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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The fan acts as a convection oven, an appliance that circulates hot air in order to cook food quickly and evenly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
As a scholar who researches the relationship between Christianity and fashion, I have traced how Christian imagery circulates in surprising forms.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Scientists discovered that the shape of the underside of the ice shelf strongly affects how seawater circulates below it.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
However, if it is a different new world strain, for example one called Sin Nombre, which only circulates in North America, contamination in South America can be ruled out.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
Pomp, who suffered the sickness as a child, circulates with me among the afflicted, bathing them comfortably and urging them to resist scratching and worrying at the sores, lest they rupture.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Google parent Alphabet fell 1% to $356.62 after it circulated plans to raise as much as $25 billion in a new bond offering, according to Bloomberg News.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
While the fuel-oil tax-dodge is a relatively recent phenomenon, purloined Mexican fuel, known simply as huachicol, has circulated for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Similar claims have circulated widely online, though Spanish officials dispute comparisons to U.S. immigration policy and say the circumstances surrounding the Ceuta crossings are unique to the enclave’s geography and legal status.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Footage circulated on social media showing a plume of smoke rising from the aircraft, as firefighters were deployed to douse the flames.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The police in that nearby town had surely circulated our general descriptions.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Not least because of images and videos circulating on social media.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Redstone’s critique builds on others circulating within the profession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
When measles started circulating last year, Kennedy was slow to endorse the MMR shot and hawked ineffective measles treatments.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
According to my data, 84 independent countries issued 340 new regular circulating banknotes during the chosen time frame.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
By the summer of 1944, reports were circulating that the war had swung in favor of the Allies, mainly the Americans and the British to the west and the Soviets in the east.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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