milling

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Shortly after opening time on a recent morning, the Kettering store already had a number of middle-aged customers milling about the space leafing through magazines—yes, it has those—or asking for advice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 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

Reto and Sandy Meroni, who have lived just outside the Swiss ski resort for years, stopped to take pictures while walking their dog among hundreds of World Economic Forum attendees milling outside.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 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

In the distance I could see the British troops milling around the house.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier