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to become known
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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Recent Examples of got about
Out of that payout, DTLA got about $455,000, the bar filings said.
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Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Fujimori garnered just over 17% of the votes while Sánchez got about 12% in a crowded field of candidates in the first round of voting in April.
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ABC News,
1 June 2026
Cavanagh got about $20 million worth of company stock in March, as per usual.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of DHS, got about $86 billion.
—
Anne Toomey McKenna,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
The Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn home was first put on the market in October 2025 for $7,995,000, and was later reduced to $7,300,000 in January 2026, meaning the buyers got about $1 million off the original asking price.
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Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
Bloomington got about a half-inch less.
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Former Chief Deputy Rodney Collins took about 27% of the vote, and former Detention Officer Antwain Nance got about 8%.
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Ryan Oehrli
march 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
Moth Days, in a relatively fleet process, got about a year and a half.
—
Christopher Bonanos,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Fujimori garnered just over 17% of the votes while Sánchez got about 12% in a crowded field of candidates in the first round of voting in April.
—
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Cavanagh got about $20 million worth of company stock in March, as per usual.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of DHS, got about $86 billion.
—
Anne Toomey McKenna,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
The Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn home was first put on the market in October 2025 for $7,995,000, and was later reduced to $7,300,000 in January 2026, meaning the buyers got about $1 million off the original asking price.
—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
Bloomington got about a half-inch less.
—
Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Former Chief Deputy Rodney Collins took about 27% of the vote, and former Detention Officer Antwain Nance got about 8%.
—
Ryan Oehrli
march 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
Moth Days, in a relatively fleet process, got about a year and a half.
—
Christopher Bonanos,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got about
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While proudly rooted in Italy, the business today features 260 stores spread across 60 countries, giving it a front-row seat to how the world spectates and celebrates the game.
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Investigators found that initial structural failure spread to other elements of the pool deck and street-level parking garage and caused cracks to grow over the span of a few weeks, eventually unseating the southern edge of the pool deck slab from its supporting wall, the report said.
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That system has allowed plans to be widely circulated for public input, and for the leasing, permitting, and administration of plans to be predictable and orderly.
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An internal memo, circulated in December 2025 and first reported by the Washington Post this week, states that Department of the Interior employees, including National Park Service staff, are not permitted to confirm deaths that take place in federal park facilities.
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Prosecutors said Espinosa and Esquibel arrived at Zaytsev’s home, where Espinosa got out of their vehicle, went to where Zaytsev was sitting in his vehicle and shot the CVS manager multiple times in the head.
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The Shinnecock record is 63, set by Tommy Fleetwood in the final round of the 2018 Open after the USGA soaked the course to make up for a third round that dried out and got out of control.
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Cape Verde surprises once again When the World Cup draw first came out, Sunday’s group stage game in Miami between two-time champion Uruguay and tournament debutant Cape Verde did not seem like a particularly compelling matchup.
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The obvious box-office contrast is with Focus Features’ surprise blockbuster Obsession, which came out last month.
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