talk around

For more than a year now, there has been ample talk around Rome about a powerful gay lobby at work inside the Vatican.

They kind of talk around it, but they talk about it more than they ever have.

The talk around the table was serious, often revolving around the wonderful art we were privileged to see throughout his home.

By the end, there was much talk around the White House about the respectful, if yawning, gap between Bush and Cheney.

There was much pained talk around the table of what had gone wrong—or if anything had gone right—with the Kerry campaign.

In the evenings, the family gathered together for lighter tasks and pleasant talk around a glowing fire.

After a long but fruitless talk around the council fire, the English rose to go.

A machine could not have taken less notice of the life and the talk around it than this incomprehensible creature.

And Owen saw that for the first time since joining the outfit, Kelso seemed interested in the talk around him.

Through it all, both Pros and Johnnie attempted to lead the talk around to some information which might be of use to them.