circulate
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Shellfish, bread, beer circulate around firepits dug into sand.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
These deposits form when hot, mineral-rich fluids circulate through volcanic regions beneath the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Their identities have not been revealed, but snippets of the video with their faces visible continue to circulate online.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Bluesky apology forms” even began to circulate among lefties with a sense of humor and self-effacement.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Rumors circulate that there may actually be money on payday, and even the working men begin to crack smiles.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Much of the interest on the internet circulates around filmmaker Kane Parsons’ viral “found footage” videos on YouTube.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
As a scholar who researches the relationship between Christianity and fashion, I have traced how Christian imagery circulates in surprising forms.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
The Andes virus, which circulates in Argentina and Chile and is mainly spread among the long-tailed pygmy rice rat, is the only hantavirus strain known to be able to transmit from human to human.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Human-to-human transmission has only been reported in previous outbreaks of one specific hantavirus called Andes virus, which circulates in South America.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Dr. Alfred Gregory, Mine Medical Staff The Spanish influenza is nothing more than the old grip or la grippe, which circulates from time to time.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
She acknowledged that Bellina's name had been "widely circulated over the past 48 hours".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
One woman got mad and left the chat, another got stranded and a salty side conversation got translated to text and circulated to all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
After the series aired, Amnesty South Africa circulated guidance on narcissistic abuse and what steps a woman can take.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
In the 1980s and 1990s, widely circulated stories about Medicaid exposed fraud and malfeasance by providers.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Even so, rumors circulated that my health had broken down.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Questions about the professor’s meteoric rise and astonishing back story had been circulating for a few years in academic circles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The team sequenced more than 1.25 million peripheral blood mononuclear cells, which are immune cells circulating in the bloodstream, from nearly 1,000 healthy people.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
There really is a fearless gene circulating through his blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Not least because of images and videos circulating on social media.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“A, B, C, vitamin D, vitamin D, vitamin D . . .” The Super-Vox-Wurlitzeriana had risen to a sobbing crescendo; and suddenly the verbena gave place, in the scent- circulating system, to an intense patchouli.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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