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Story Career Army Revolves Circulates Rumours C Irculate

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Keyword circulate
Type of Sentence ✗
Error Sentence The story circulates around his career in the army.
Correct Sentence The story revolves around his career in the army.
Cloze Error Sentence The story [[circulates]] around his career in the army.
Cloze Sentence The story [[revolves]] around his career in the army.
Cloze Answer revolves
Choices circulates | revolves
Explanation

circulate = (of news, stories, rumours etc) spread by being passed from one person to another: 'One of the rumours circulating at the moment is that the company is about to go bankrupt.'

revolve around = (of a novel, film, story etc) be about: 'His latest film revolves around the difficulties of being a single parent.'

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