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go around

[goh-uh-round] / ˈgoʊ əˌraʊnd /




VERB
circumvolve
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While there was much blame to go around, a major cause of the failure, Mr. Tabor contends, was that “Field had rushed everyone and everything.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Are we saying the best way to make a difference is to go around putting peer pressure on each other?

From Slate • May 15, 2026

“Will there be enough investor money to go around? We doubt it,” Meeks said, adding that Anthropic might have the most momentum.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Cummings said it’s possible California refiners can outbid other countries competing over the same barrels for a period of time, but there’s only so much to go around.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

“I wish it had never happened. I wish we still had him. But you can’t go around slapping people for staying in his spot. Nalaka’s right. There is no spot. It’s a beach.”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook




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