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Long ago, the bright-eyed Disney Channel star Shia LaBeouf entered adulthood and set about to become a great man.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Arriving at a particular set of Oslo dorms in the belief the Bike Courier Killer is going to strike there for the fourth time, the police set about waiting for him — or her — to appear.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
The high also tied Kansas City’s warmest March temperature on record, first set about a week earlier on March 21, according to the weather service.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
Wilson has set about buttressing football operations.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Tennessee also traded for Franklin-Myers' former Jets teammate Jermaine Johnson a week ago, and Johnson's set about not-so-subtly recruiting Franklin-Myers on Twitter since.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
In a report released yesterday afternoon, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) set about calculating the loss to the Treasury resulting from the IEEPA ruling.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Some of her stories dealt directly with how grief becomes sorrow, how much silence there was around grief in Irish culture—how, in particular, a woman who lost her husband might feel the loss as a palpable absence and then set about concealing her feelings.
—Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
There was little pretense at closing time on Tuesday night, when the Milwaukee Bucks set about closing out the Miami Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Arriving at a particular set of Oslo dorms in the belief the Bike Courier Killer is going to strike there for the fourth time, the police set about waiting for him — or her — to appear.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
The high also tied Kansas City’s warmest March temperature on record, first set about a week earlier on March 21, according to the weather service.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
Wilson has set about buttressing football operations.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Tennessee also traded for Franklin-Myers' former Jets teammate Jermaine Johnson a week ago, and Johnson's set about not-so-subtly recruiting Franklin-Myers on Twitter since.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
In a report released yesterday afternoon, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) set about calculating the loss to the Treasury resulting from the IEEPA ruling.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Some of her stories dealt directly with how grief becomes sorrow, how much silence there was around grief in Irish culture—how, in particular, a woman who lost her husband might feel the loss as a palpable absence and then set about concealing her feelings.
—Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
There was little pretense at closing time on Tuesday night, when the Milwaukee Bucks set about closing out the Miami Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Set about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20about. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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