The selection process is awash in secrecy, with only a tight circle of advisers familiar with Mr. Obama's thinking on the matter.
Such a system may be restricted to a small set of familiar messages that can be read by a limited circle of acquaintances.
On some farms, big center-pivot irrigators — the spindly rigs that create the emerald circles of cropland familiar to anyone flying over the region — now are watering only a half-circle.
Last week, I again found myself in that familiar circle of hell reserved for tired and impatient and forgetful people very close to a deadline.
It's a fact, like the 526 victories, soon to hang in the "new" Garden, well within the small, familiar circle of a man who knew he was most comfortable close to home.
As a Black American, her travels around the world put her in contact with many nationalities and classes, expanded her experiences beyond her familiar circle of community and family, and complicated her understandings of race relations.
As a Black American, her travels around the world put her in contact with many nationalities and classes, expand her experiences beyond her familiar circle of community and family, and complicate her understandings of race relations.
We can keep a warm and familiar circle of supportive friends and family close by, but despite their best intentions and genuine love, nothing is as objective as the trained ear of a licensed professional.
The filmmakers make clever use of familiar set pieces — the spacewalk, the circling sharks, the cat-and-mouse game of hostage negotiation — to explore some of the persistent anxieties of 21st-century life in the developed world.
That specific circle of hell should be pretty familiar to fans of the '96 film.
