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Quick Read Deep Read ( 7 Min. ) President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel, a fierce loyalist, to be the next director of the FBI has sent politicians casting about for historical comparisons.
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Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Congress responded by ramping up military spending — and casting about for some way to fund it.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Fast forward to today, and fans who are aware of the hole left by the departures of Broberg and Holloway are casting about in search of replacements for aging players on the NHL roster.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
In the wake of Democratic voters in cities and suburbs around the country staying home or trending right, resulting in big swings to Donald Trump almost uniformly, analysts and commentators have cast about for answers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Congress responded by ramping up military spending — and casting about for some way to fund it.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Fast forward to today, and fans who are aware of the hole left by the departures of Broberg and Holloway are casting about in search of replacements for aging players on the NHL roster.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
In the wake of Democratic voters in cities and suburbs around the country staying home or trending right, resulting in big swings to Donald Trump almost uniformly, analysts and commentators have cast about for answers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cast about
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As lethal injection drugs have become harder to obtain, states with the death penalty have looked to expand their methods to things like firing squads and nitrogen gas, which was first used in the U.S. in January 2024 in Alabama with the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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All of those energies are looking at the situation differently, and so nobody’s playing the same thing in those scenes.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, the popularity of such art loans has reportedly grown in recent years and estimated to reach a high of $34 billion in 2023, according to a study that year.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball league reached a multi-year deal to continue playing in Nashville.—
Nate Rau,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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She's abruptly fired from her exercise show when her creepy boss (Dennis Quaid) decides to hunt for younger talent to be the face of the series.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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Federal prosecutors have used novel methods and have even relied on private citizens to hunt for potential cases of fraud.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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