cast about/around for
phrasal verb
cast about/around for; casting about/around for; casts about/around for
: to look in many places for (something)
They cast about for new ways to make money on the farm.
She is still casting around for someone to watch her son while she is at work.
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Where Something Went Right: While some Angelenos cast around for someone to blame, a whole cooperative emergency-response system whirred to life.
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Tim Arango, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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
Former Soviet allies such as Syria cast about for ways to get into this new order through peace negotiations with Israel.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2022
After his son Beau died, in 2015, of a brain tumor, Biden once again cast about for purpose.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Tim Arango, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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
Former Soviet allies such as Syria cast about for ways to get into this new order through peace negotiations with Israel.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2022
After his son Beau died, in 2015, of a brain tumor, Biden once again cast about for purpose.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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“Cast about/around for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20about%2Faround%20for. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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