roundabout
Example Sentences
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“This is such a roundabout, long-winded way of doing a rejection,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
It was a more unpredictable and roundabout route than any offensive coordinator would dare draw.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
About 20 miles south of downtown Cincinnati, the new Publix sits just past a roundabout at the front entrance of a glitzy subdivision known as Triple Crown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
But Madrid's imposing Victory Arch, built in the 1950s on a busy roundabout to celebrate the victory of Franco's fascist-backed nationalists in the 1936-1939 civil war, is a standout example of the symbols that linger.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
They took me a roundabout way to the fake beach, and then I knew what would happen—a good, old-fashioned dunking in the lake—and I calmed down.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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