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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
circle (v.)
 
 
The verb is Standard by itself, as in We circled the city at about five thousand feet, and it is idiomatic, not redundant, in combination with around, round, and about, as in They circled around the ballroom in a breathless waltz.  1
 
 
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