stand around
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If we weren’t in school, we would drive up Santa Monica Boulevard into Hollywood and we’d stand around and watch them produce the radio mysteries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
"I asked the two biggest lads to go and stand around Kylian at the end because they were going to chop him down," Deschamps added.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
"The police and officials they've sent here just stand around taking photos and making TikToks," she added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
“We stand around and we watch Claude, and we talk about what Claude’s doing and oftentimes Claude’s just being a cute little interesting guy,” said Margaret Vo, Anthropic’s head of user education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025
Emma and some of the other girls stand around Rachel so she is in the middle of a circle and they are all staring at her.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
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