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Recent Examples of cast about
As the play flounders, director Jo Bonney casts about for solutions.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
An engineer named Eiji Nakatsu cast about for a way to make the trains quiet.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
On the subject of creating the film, Deckelmeyer asked the cast about their unusual strings of accidents on set.
—Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
For Hollywood’s political class, Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late night after a weeklong suspension was a cause to celebrate — a crucial if momentary victory — for a town that’s been casting about for a way forward since Donald Trump re-entered the Oval Office in January.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
An engineer named Eiji Nakatsu cast about for a way to make the trains quiet.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
On the subject of creating the film, Deckelmeyer asked the cast about their unusual strings of accidents on set.
—Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
For Hollywood’s political class, Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late night after a weeklong suspension was a cause to celebrate — a crucial if momentary victory — for a town that’s been casting about for a way forward since Donald Trump re-entered the Oval Office in January.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Nikita Kucharov had a huge tying goal in Game 2, but otherwise had looked frustrated in his ability to produce more offense.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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He’s proven to be exactly what Lincoln-Way West coach Jake Zajc was looking for .—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Total profits for smelting & pressing of non-ferrous metals across the country more than doubled to reach 142 billion yuan ($21 billion) in the first quarter, according to National Bureau of Statistics data released on Monday.—
Bloomberg,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Consider the other teams that, like the Mets, have high expectations and have swiftly reached a crossroads.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Both superpowers are hunting for leverage ahead of the meeting next month; China recently blocked a major cross-border tech deal.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The mothers stay with them for up to two weeks before heading out to hunt at sea.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Cast about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20about. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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