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In August 2025, the Star-Telegram visited the show’s set to chat with the cast about season 6, which will cover the crucifixion.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
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
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
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cast about
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Just look at the initial whitewash of the Watergate scandal at Richard Nixon's library and the minimal account at Bill Clinton's library of his impeachment.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Dive and swiftwater rescue teams are in the water in Libertyville looking for someone who may have vanished in the Des Plaines River.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Thao Nguyen Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi confirmed to Iranian state television that a deal to end the war has been reached.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Under Obama, the US was part of an international coalition that reached an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Wild beavers went extinct in the UK around 400 years ago, as humans hunted them for their fur, meat and scent gland secretions, which have a musky, vanilla-like fragrance and were used as food flavoring and in perfumes.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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Unfortunately, jailbreaks don’t really fly under the radar, and the duo find themselves being hunted by the FBI.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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“Cast about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20about. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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