roundabout

Example Sentences

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Instead, the no-audits pledge followed a roundabout path.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“This is such a roundabout, long-winded way of doing a rejection,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

In north Belfast, this year the route will remain on Oldpark Road and turn right at the roundabout onto Cliftonville Road and continuing on the route.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

The main house featured an elaborate sculpture of a stallion trampling a dragon in the roundabout out front.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

I’m on my way back home when I nearly crash at a roundabout.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak