around in circles

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Typically, symptoms of bird flu in cats include a loss of appetite, lethargy and fever, along with neurologic signs, such as repetitively moving around in circles or “circling,” tremors, seizures or blindness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

In 1999, I really liked watching subway doors open and close, spinning around in circles, and playing the same Freddy Fish game over and over again.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

We will no doubt go around in circles on that until budgets at a local and national level are finalised next year.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

Enclosed by tall metal bars, detainees at the Ponte Galeria detention and deportation center near Rome, where Sylla died, walk around in circles and kick balls to pass time.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

I would hold it, and squirt out a thin stream of water which I kept just in front of him as he ran around in circles.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins