mill (about or around)

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Verb
  • And when the entire Gators basketball operation mugged for elated courtside fans, Clayton meandered into the background, content to let everyone else do the shouting.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Highlights include meandering through charming port towns like Ketchikan and Juneau, viewing wildlife from the ship’s deck, catching a salmon run, and savoring local Alaska cuisine.
    Esther Carlstone, AFAR Media, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The project started with a three-week boot camp, and the shoot involved a lot of long, roving wide shots that basically unfold in real time.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Director Ico Costa, who has made other documentaries in Mozambique, has a roving camera that manages to tell a place’s story through its people while never identifying anyone by name or following them in the traditional cinéma vérité style.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • According to the American Emu Association, the birds — which are native to Australia — are often considered livestock, and it's usually recommended that owners have at least one acre of land for the bird to roam.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • This is The Wild Animal Sanctuary, where more than 450 animals brought to Colorado’s eastern plains get a second chance to roam.
    Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • On Monday night, a glittering crowd stepped out to celebrate the store’s opening, before heading over to Palazzo Serbelloni to wander through its halls and take in the homewares collection.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Nestled along the sandy shores of Siloso Beach, the resort is adorned in tropical greenery, while peacocks wander freely across the gardens, hornbills perch in the frangipani trees and dinosaur-like monitor lizards sunbathe by breakfast tables.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Following the hatch opening by Suni Williams, the ship's bell was rung as the new arrivals floated in, shook hands and hugged the Expedition 72 crew after Hague's practical joke.
    Pilar Arias, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • When Alison Krauss was kicking around ideas on what to name her latest album with Union Station, the eureka moment came while on the phone with a friend, who just happened to be on their way to play a church gig in a tiny Louisiana town called Arcadia.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The Barnes & Noble move to Palms with a modern store design comes as the chain is on an expansion kick around the country.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 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 20 Apr. 2025.

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