as in to spread
to become known
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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Recent Examples of get about
Southern skies are predicted to get up to 60 meteors per hour, with the north getting about half that number.
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
The project aims to plant 1,200 trees in the next four years and has only gotten about 100 in the ground, according to the site.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Cavanagh got about $20 million worth of company stock in March, as per usual.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
That started to change in 2023, when Iowa Republicans created the Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), through which any Iowa child can get about $8,000 from the state to help pay for private school tuition.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
The project aims to plant 1,200 trees in the next four years and has only gotten about 100 in the ground, according to the site.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Cavanagh got about $20 million worth of company stock in March, as per usual.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
That started to change in 2023, when Iowa Republicans created the Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), through which any Iowa child can get about $8,000 from the state to help pay for private school tuition.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get about
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It's got the largest Danish collection of living flora, including more than 13,000 plant species spread over ten hectares and housed in a complex of historic 19th-century greenhouses.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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The evacuated passengers will enter quarantine in Nebraska after returning to the states, HHS said on Sunday, May 10, where they will be evaluated for symptoms and their risk of spreading the virus.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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According to the filing, Kilcher learned the truth late last year when a broadcast video interview with Cameron began circulating on social media.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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The footage, which has been circulated widely on social media, shows the object narrowly missing the animal as onlookers react with alarm.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The Department of Education should set clear, high academic standards and then get out of the way.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The Sox nearly got out of the second inning without any damage.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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For many Georgians, the roads around Atlanta are not only essential for getting around the state's capital city, but also the bane of their existence.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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However, the resort is vast, and so the in-house golf cart service will be most guests’ way of getting around.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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The formats hotbed of The Netherlands, where The Traitors originated, came out well from K7’s decade-topping list – the first time such data has been compiled – with The Floor from Talpa Studios coming second at 32 adaptations since 2020.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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Brown prevailed in a legal battle with an investigator and source who had agreed to develop a book about Epstein with her after the stories came out.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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