mill (about or around)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mill (about or around)
Verb
  • Oregon would meander through the early months of the season, then gather steam in February and enter the NCAA Tournament on the short list of teams nobody wanted to play.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
  • On Thursday, over at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center along the banks of the Mississippi River, more fans meandered through the Super Bowl Experience.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • These deer-resistant groundcover plants aren't appealing to roving herds.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Starks has studied Kyle Hamilton (Ravens) and Budda Baker (Cardinals) in terms of their play-making ability as roving safeties.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • About 1,800 pandas live in the wild, roaming mountain ranges in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, WWF says.
    Chris Lau, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Stray cats are all over the nation, roaming people's backyards and sometimes redistributing themselves to a new home.
    Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For nonmembers, who can enter at 9 a.m., the event represents a great time to wander the gardens, buy plants and seek inspiration from gardening experts.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Let your mind wander over the prompts without judging what comes up.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Republicans have floated imposing work requirements or changing the way the federal government provides Medicaid money to states, according to the AP.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Raine seems cold and by-the-book early on, but as she’s personally pulled into the case at hand, her complexities float to the surface.
    Sezin Koehler, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • He was being kicked around by his father on the stage.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Between the lines: The political landscape this time around is far more complex, with a greater appetite for drastic spending and headcount reductions, as well as a proposal that's kicked around Congress to make NOAA an independent agency.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Mill (about or around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mill%20%28about%20or%20around%29. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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