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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cast about" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used to mean looking around for something. Example: After the soccer ball went over the fence, the players began to cast about for something to use as a replacement.
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cast about
verb
To try to find; look around; search; meditate.
synonyms
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Baum cast about and found... wireless telegraphy.
They both cast about for a time, mulling this over.
Even as he cast about, his career thrived.
Periodically, her wounded brain cast about desperately and threw on a switch.
When I learned they would cost $250 each, I cast about for an alternative.
— one might cast about for an acronym to describe this watchful, hopeful, but wary emotional condition.
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Creeley was casting about during these years.
Trump is now casting about, trying to fill this role.
"I was just casting about for any kind of analogue," he told me.
(They hadn't). "I was just casting about for any kind of analogue," he told me.
The real excitement Friday was generated by smart bodies casting about in time and space without a prescribed route.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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