How to Use talk around in a Sentence

talk around

verb
  • For all the talk around Arsenal’s set-piece goals, the winner this time came from open play.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Macon Blair clarifies the talk around a more risqué scene that leaked online.
    — EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • As the winter meetings continue, trade talk around Skubal is sure to grow.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Jahangir has given several talks around town, mostly to kids, about his space trip.
    — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
  • As Venus and Chiron clash, talk about the issue, don’t talk around it.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Just talk around the streets that these kids have pretty much been raising themselves, and they have not been held accountable.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The talk around Venice that day was just how empty the US Pavilion was.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
  • As spring rolls along, though, the rotation realities may be harder to talk around.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • This may result in taboo-like talks around money, intimacy or boundaries.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Also, compare how Apple talks around the Air’s battery life.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Samsung, too, talks around the Edge’s battery performance on its product page.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • While there will be plenty of it, there’s just not much room for talk around Paycor Stadium anymore.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • While there will be plenty of it, there’s just not much room for talk around Paycor Stadium anymore.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Much of the talk around Liam Rosenior’s appointment at Chelsea has been about continuity.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • In a talk around the institution’s history, Douglas stresses the role of curiosity in innovation, noting that there’s been a lot of change over the years.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Building on that momentum, talks around additional episodes are underway, with McAtee attached to produce.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2026
  • That, however, could merely be lip service talking around the inevitable reality that is Anunoby’s importance to the Knicks’ success on both ends of the floor.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • During the early-afternoon hours Wednesday, the talk around the NBA centered on anything but the postseason games being played.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There has been talk around baseball, including inside the Padres organization, about Darvish potentially not playing out his contract.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • For all the talk around who would die and what was really going on with the Upside Down, growing up was always Matt and Ross Duffer’s ultimate endgame.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Throughout the testimony, witnesses and prosecutors talked around the Chandler murder of Charles Vallow.
    — Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 6 June 2025
  • More Than Headlines Beckham’s talent was undeniable, but it was constantly put on the backburner as the constant talk around him was mostly about on-field outbursts and questionable comments.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • Axios and other news outlets reported earlier this week that the countries were nearing a 14-point memorandum of understanding to put an end to the war and resume talks around Iran’s nuclear program.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 8 May 2026
  • Axios and other news outlets reported earlier this week that the countries were nearing a 14-point memorandum of understanding to put an end to the war and resume talks around Iran’s nuclear program.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • Miami produced its best performance of the season in Week 8 against the Falcons but Thursday’s outing will do nothing to quiet the talk around McDaniel’s future.
    — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Your 8th House of Shared Resources is under the spotlight of today’s Mercury-Sun conjunction, prompting talks around mutual investments or joint productions.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Multiple times, Stefanski deflected or talked around questions about whether Sanders’ performance would affect the team’s thinking or division of reps in the ongoing quarterback competition.
    — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The Dodgers' big three of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman have seemingly been the talk around Major League Baseball for almost two years.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • With United Nations climate talks around the corner in November, Rockström and other researchers hope leaders in countries around the world will incorporate scientific perspectives about the food system into their national policies.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • When Ten Hag first arrived at United, there was plenty of talk around his brilliant Ajax team of 2018-19, which reached the Champions League semi-final and beat Real Madrid and Juventus on the way.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025

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