panning

Example Sentences

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People have been panning Tottenham boss Igor Tudor but they will look upon him in a different light if his side win this game.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

But Scott Faber of the Environmental Working Group said he doesn't see such strategies panning out.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

“Are you for real right now,” she said, before panning to show a Fullerton police vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

The goldmining museum, which contains a collection of artifacts dating back to the 1874 Black Hills Gold Rush, offers panning lessons and the chance to prospect on its land, finders keepers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

I wondered why my father worked so hard panning for diamonds in the alluvial mines, diamonds that he would not be allowed to keep.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince