run in circles
Example Sentences
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For the next two, four or six hours, they would run in circles.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024
They sometimes seem to have the ability to run in circles for 12 hours a day on what seems like no more than a handful of Goldfish crackers and half a yogurt pouch.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2020
The downside is that, spread across so many hours, the action tends to run in circles over the same ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2018
I tried to prevent her from this obsessive behavior by putting down lava rocks and some pavers along the fence, but she continues to run in circles.
From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2017
He would surely run in circles when he saw it.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
