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revolve

[ri-volv] / rɪˈvɒlv /




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We stopped accepting every invitation, and that’s when I realized how much of the friendship had come to revolve around spending.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

For all its fluff, it does occasionally show its teeth, even when much of the story revolves around women whose lives revolve around men.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

One major detail was a nonnegotiable: Allen wanted the show to revolve around Dwayne and Whitley’s daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Exercise doesn't have to revolve around the gym.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

He sat up and almost immediately felt his eyes darken and Mars revolve twice around under him.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Much of the drama revolves around a missing Hollingsworth, who some characters believe dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

They also told me that much of their work these days revolves around figuring out how finance leaders can prepare teams for human and agent collaboration—and measuring whether these teams deliver greater value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

For all its fluff, it does occasionally show its teeth, even when much of the story revolves around women whose lives revolve around men.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Robert De Niro has spent more than five decades building one of Hollywood’s most celebrated careers—and an incredibly unique property portfolio, one that revolves heavily around his hometown of New York.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Much of history revolves around this question: how does one convince millions of people to believe particular stories about gods, or nations, or limited liability companies?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

So much of the extensive press tour for “Practical Magic 2” — based on the 2021 novel “The Book of Magic” written by Alice Hoffman — has revolved around the original film’s tepid reception.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Turkey's interests in Syria historically revolved around preventing a spillover of Kurdish fighters.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

In recent years, much of his work has revolved around fighting against the proposed luxury hotel.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

My interest in writing and literature revolved around darker themes, whether it was the Beats or Paul Bowles or whatever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

For a long time I revolved what I should next say.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

United confirmed it made three further drawdowns from its revolving credit limit, on 29 and 31 July and 28 August, totalling £120m.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

It also adapted Justin Simien’s indie flick “Dear White People” into an in-your-face comedy revolving around the Black experience at an Ivy League college.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

But AI’s revolving door has been spinning especially fast of late—enough to raise real concerns about OpenAI and Google losing top talent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Xabi Alonso is the latest with his foot in the revolving door of managers at Chelsea.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

After filing through the revolving doors they looked around.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene




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