How to Use make the rounds in a Sentence
make the rounds
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Then workers make the rounds with the grub; a horse leg here, a steer head there.
—Robert Scheer, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2023
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In any case, do make the rounds of local nurseries, box stores and florists first.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2021
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This two-seat pink convertible car is ready to make the rounds around the house as Barbie takes the wheel.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 8 Nov. 2023
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So the director flew to Los Angeles to make the rounds.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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The photos of her in each of the looks continue to make the rounds online and on social media.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 July 2021
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Dogs make the rounds at the airport every week, but their Christmas-time service is special.
—oregonlive, 22 Dec. 2022
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Nurses make the rounds to distribute pills or to take the patients for injections.
—Text By Ellen Barry, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
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When the teaching job didn’t come through, Yeun moved to Chicago to make the rounds on the comedy/improv circuits for a few years.
—New York Times, 3 Feb. 2021
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The mobile health and nutrition teams make the rounds, visiting four or five shelters each.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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Videos and pictures of a real, live skunk in the stands began to make the rounds during the first half of Cleveland’s thrilling 23-17 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
—Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
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Investment in the project increased—a full-size concept was built and began to make the rounds internally.
—Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
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Investment in the project increased—a full-size concept was built and began to make the rounds internally.
—Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
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When news of a young boy being abducted from Brooklyn starts to make the rounds on the news, Inez squirrels the boy away in a rented room and gets him some fake papers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2023
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This also likely won't be the last worrying fungal infection to make the rounds.
—Devika Rao, The Week, 19 Apr. 2023
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Soon thereafter, on a highly confidential basis, the manuscript, in the form of two unsigned black binders, began to make the rounds in New York.
—Stacy Schiff, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2021
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When in doubt, check with your local authorities or, better still, just be prepared in case the little ghosts and goblins decide to make the rounds on two nights.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 25 Oct. 2021
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WhatsApp forwards, long messages and images that tend to make the rounds in South Asian circles, are often innocuous.
—NBC News, 11 Oct. 2021
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Shortly after, rumors of a tryst between Ratajkowski and Pitt began to make the rounds online.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2022
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More than 17 years later, the revelation that some Wisconsin state quarters have a flaw (and could be worth more than 25 cents) has begun to make the rounds thanks to a TikTok video.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
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More than 17 years later, the revelation that some Wisconsin state quarters have a flaw (and could be worth more than 25 cents) has begun to make the rounds, thanks to a TikTok video.
—Jr Radcliffe, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
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Supplies are so short, a single necessary part can make the rounds between units multiple times.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
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And a 90-second teaser with Jost and Johansson has already started to make the rounds — the better to let people see a pile of jokes that was just too big to cram into the 60-second version of the ad.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Feb. 2022
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Following the announcement, a snippet of Carpenter’s new verses on the track started to make the rounds on social media.
—Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2023
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All the while, Horan has continued to make the rounds, to offer words of encouragement behind closed hotel-room doors, in training sessions and at team meals.
—Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023
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The incident occurred on December 5, though the footage did not make the rounds on social media until recently.
—Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com, 12 Apr. 2021
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The attraction’s new-for-2020 character called Social Distancing Skunk Ape continues to make the rounds.
—Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2020
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Health officials have also raised concerns about other viral infections that usually make the rounds this time of year.
—oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2022
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Styles officially debuted the fresh buzzcut (and a new fragrance with his brand, Pleasing) in Vogue on November 15, and the pic quickly began to make the rounds on social media.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 16 Nov. 2023
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Clips of the title sequence and theme song continue to make the rounds online, as does the quartet of women breaking out into song in the bathroom, using brushes and toilet bowl cleaners as microphones.
—Randi Richardson, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2023
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Crime underground is up 58% compared to last year as viral videos of unprovoked attacks continue to make the rounds on social media, leaving straphangers worried.
—Fox News, 2 June 2022
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