as in spread
to become known
word got round that a movie star was spending the night at a local motel
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Recent Examples of got round
At the end of last month, Trump finally got round to including Seth Meyers in his social media barrages against the comedians that regularly mock him.
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Peter White, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Peter White, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got round
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Almost immediately after oversight of TikTok’s US operations changed, misinformation started to spread about changes to the app’s new terms of service, including those that applied to location sharing and data collection, Fiesler said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Families who never qualified say their costs are rising, too, as insurers spread the increases across the entire market.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The dramatic sequence unfolded Wednesday afternoon near Notre Dame Avenue and West Julian Street, in the shadow of Highway 87, and drew widespread attention after videos circulated showing the suspect on the ground and being struck by a trailing police vehicle as gunshots rang out.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Sinaloa Attorney General’s Office has circulated a missing persons bulletin, saying that Pardo was last seen on January 20 in the Isla Musalá neighborhood of Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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But word got out and large crowds of people overran the land and destroyed nearly everything Sutter had.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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The source, who was not authorized to speak, said the suspect then got out of the car, ran up to the sergeant’s vehicle and opened fire, wounding the sergeant.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The 44-year-old quarterback, who came out of retirement last month and started three games with the Indianapolis Colts, interviewed with the Bills on Friday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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His prototype, which came out with the 20th anniversary, showed that controller support was possible.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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After half an hour of folksy disquisition, Petro finally got around to describing the conversation.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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The study found that women who got around four hours of moderate exercise each week lowered their risk of coronary heart disease by about 30%.—
Dr. Cyrus Mowdawalla,
ABC News,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Got round.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20round. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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