milled
Example Sentences
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Dozens of police and security guards milled about as parents stood beside the line of students waiting to enter the exam hall, hoping to film their children walking inside.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
PHOENIX—As officials and contractors working in border security milled around a convention-center hall this week, artificial intelligence analyzed their threat potential in real time, displaying the results on computer screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Inside, guests milled about on multiple levels where pre-dinner receptions were occurring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
Volunteers urged attendees to take their seats, but they milled around, greeting old friends, hugging, shouting names across rows of white folding chairs.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026
After a lunch of milled corn and salted cabbage, the exhausted children, their faces and clothes covered in coal dust, headed back to the coalface, carrying candles in the ink-black mine.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
