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
On average, the top 20 shows get about 44 percent of their total seven-day audiences after the first airing.
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
While its Iranian oil imports are easily replaced, China gets about half of its oil from the Middle East as a whole.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
The government entities will get about $54,000 per retail store or microbusiness, based on nearly $94 million collected.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Florida alone is getting about $100 million, and officials in Tennessee are wrapping up a project adding 125 parking spaces along Interstate 40.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
While its Iranian oil imports are easily replaced, China gets about half of its oil from the Middle East as a whole.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
The government entities will get about $54,000 per retail store or microbusiness, based on nearly $94 million collected.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Florida alone is getting about $100 million, and officials in Tennessee are wrapping up a project adding 125 parking spaces along Interstate 40.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get about
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In New York City, four people, including a child, died Monday afternoon after a fire in a three-story apartment building spread during heavy winds.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Officers are unsure what caused the semi to overturn, but said that the thick liquid began to flow out of the trailer and quickly spread, creating an inch-thick layer of syrup across the westbound lanes.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Lines for films eased and the number of brand activations thinned, but celebrities were still circulating — Leslie Mann and Maude Apatow grabbed Terry Black’s on Wednesday.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Over time, circulating levels of both can drift downward, which is what the research found.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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However, undesirable and unflattering information occasionally gets out and circulated, as was the case when a missile struck an Iranian elementary school.—
Andrea Hickerson,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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While Sánchez was speaking to reporters standing behind a gate separating traffic from the protest, a man got out of a nearby vehicle to express his frustration.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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As news of the round of layoffs at WME is getting around Hollywood, names are starting to emerge of agents affected by the cuts.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
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The feds, meanwhile, haven’t gotten around to re-engineering Glen Canyon Dam or creating a bypass around it that would enable the water to keep flowing.—
Jonathan Thompson,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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Fox Valley voters came out to the polls on Tuesday for the March 17 primary election, with some local election authorities touting turnout numbers on par with or higher than some recent primary contests as of the afternoon on Election Day.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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There was no immediate confirmation from Iran, where little information has been coming out due to internet outages, round-the-clock airstrikes and tight restrictions on journalists.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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