as in to spread
to become known
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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Flash floods The city, which forecasters say typically gets about 3 inches of rain in June, was inundated with nearly 10 inches of rain last week.
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Susan Miller, USA Today, 16 June 2025
On average, Orlando gets about 3.72 inches of rain in the first half of July.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Kentucky Educational Television gets about $4.2 million of that funding, said Julie Schmidt, senior director of external affairs at KET.
—Lillian Metzmeier, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2025
In the late 1990s, the city was getting about $45 million a year in hotel taxes.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
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Susan Miller, USA Today, 16 June 2025
On average, Orlando gets about 3.72 inches of rain in the first half of July.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Kentucky Educational Television gets about $4.2 million of that funding, said Julie Schmidt, senior director of external affairs at KET.
—Lillian Metzmeier, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2025
In the late 1990s, the city was getting about $45 million a year in hotel taxes.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get about
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Summer storms move more slowly than in other seasons, leaving rain to pile up in the same place instead of spreading across a wider surface area.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The Pan American Health Organization issued an epidemic warning as the worst yellow fever outbreak in decades spread across South America.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
31 July 2025
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Video footage and photos of him being taken into custody were widely circulated on social media, given the nature of the arrest and the circumstances surrounding it.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Wednesday, 10pm A statement was circulated to reporters covering Barcelona from Ham Seul, chief executive of a company called D-Drive, which the club had partnered with to organise the tour.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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Instead, Sue goes all Mama Bear and uses her powers to knock him into the teleporter and then Silver Surfer has a change of heart and knocks him back in when Galactus tries to get out.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Unfortunately, Scott gets trapped there himself during an expedition with no way to get out until ... 23.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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However, Bowen later revealed that one of her sons got around to watching her 1996 sports comedy film, Happy Gilmore, after his friend suggested it.—
Emma Kershaw,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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That gets around any concerns over the interpretation of ambiguous inputs or datasets.—
Haider Ali,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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