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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bandy.

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Examples

  • Martin O'Neill Big data is a term bandied around the technology sector with great ease, but little precision.

    Filtering Profits Nick Clayton 2011

  • Martin O'Neill Big data is a term bandied around the technology sector with great ease, but little precision.

    Filtering Profits Nick Clayton 2011

  • No wonder "zombies" are back, a term bandied about in the heat of the bank credit crisis of 2008.

    Lydia Fisher: Frankenstein, Return of the Zombies: The Sequel Lydia Fisher 2011

  • Its a label bandied about far too freely these days, but what do you do if you find yourself trying to have a serious relationship with somebody who seems to be a commitment phobe?

    What Men Say, What Women Hear Dr. Linda Papadopoulos 2008

  • Its a label bandied about far too freely these days, but what do you do if you find yourself trying to have a serious relationship with somebody who seems to be a commitment phobe?

    What Men Say, What Women Hear Dr. Linda Papadopoulos 2008

  • Its a label bandied about far too freely these days, but what do you do if you find yourself trying to have a serious relationship with somebody who seems to be a commitment phobe?

    What Men Say, What Women Hear Dr. Linda Papadopoulos 2008

  • Its a label bandied about far too freely these days, but what do you do if you find yourself trying to have a serious relationship with somebody who seems to be a commitment phobe?

    What Men Say, What Women Hear Dr. Linda Papadopoulos 2008

  • Dr Starkey, famed for his acerbic comments on shows such as BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze and BBC One's Question Time, said: One-nation Toryism is a term bandied around a very great deal at the moment...

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Socialism being a term bandied about ad nausium by so many people on these threads who have not got a clue what the word means.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Strolling through the gambling parlor on the lower deck, Quinn sensed people noticing him, heard his name bandied about under the music.

    Harbinger DAVID MACK 2005

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  • It has a fun, Robin Hoodish feel to it.

    July 22, 2009