cast about

Definition of cast aboutnext

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Recent Examples of cast about As for the 300 claim, there don't appear to be any stories from the cast about a rock-in-the-underpants portion of the auditions. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026 As the play flounders, director Jo Bonney casts about for solutions. 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 See All Example Sentences for cast about
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Verb
  • Mira looked at it, then at me, and chose grace.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • There is little reason to think that Leon, who has already ruled against the government, will look with particular kindness on this experiment in literary form.
    Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • Although an invasion was unlikely, an aged Washington threw himself into preventing the French Revolution from reaching American shores.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The move comes as gas prices in the United States reached their highest level since 2022.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 7 May. 2026.

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