milling

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In a damp back alley, Jingjing joined job-seekers milling about leisurely, haggling for higher wages while garment bosses perched on scooters brandished hiring signs, desperate for day labourers.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Born in 1932 in South Africa to Lithuanian Jewish immigrants who ran a malt business, Kirsh ventured into grain milling and then distribution, according to news reports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Sean Murtha, a Los Angeles Police Department officer, testified he responded to a 911 call and found people milling around an F-150 in the middle of Fountain Avenue, “crying, yelling hysterically.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Its official list entry notes it is "a good representation of the highly-sophisticated late stage of wind-powered milling" before the introduction of steam-powered roller milling later in the 1800s.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Instead, there were at least a dozen people milling about the lawn.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman