For example, vervet monkeys learn to use a certain call in the presence of circling eagles, who prey on the monkeys.
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Circling
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He's circling the drain.
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Scientists believe that the particles in Saturn's rings came from the destruction of moons circling the planet. As comets and meteorites smashed the moons, Saturn's gravitational pull shaped the particles into rings.
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I'm circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I've been circling thousands years; and I still don't know: am I a falcon, a storm or a great song.
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