hereabouts

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Recent Examples of hereabouts And while the absence of a hometown rooting interest obviously won’t translate into a total baseball blackout hereabouts, only someone who’s been clobbered over the head by Wonderboy might expect to see the World Series ratings reach the heights of last year. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025 This time the recipient is area rancher Benjamin Bonney (Dermot Mulroney), who along with his thuggish sons is suspected of murdering anyone hereabouts who won’t surrender their own land to him. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025 Blame the damp and moderate climate hereabouts or the particular ardor of the northern red-legged frog, but our target species is ready to hop anytime between early November and the middle of March. Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024 Back before the local teams began winning national championships, the Beanpot was indeed an end in itself, a year’s worth of bragging rights and a significant recruiting tool hereabouts. John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023 Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022 Unfortunately, there was not enough room to accommodate the huge crowd that came to the Energy Center last month for the discussion about what to do about tree loss hereabouts. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hereabouts
Adverb
  • Fold in 1 cup of blackberries until evenly distributed.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The event’s audience featured a fair share of supporters for each act, a mix of both local residents and diehard fans who flew in from Japan.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts.
    SI.com, SI.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The big brands are scrambling to design V4 liter bikes—sport bikes with 1000cc engines, or thereabouts—and making major noise about the V4’s triumphant return to public roads.
    Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2019
Adverb
  • The Allman Brothers played on a speaker nearby.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
  • In the photo, the woman is seen from behind while sitting at a piano, as Farber lounges nearby.
    Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The National Park Service advises keeping a safe distance of at least 50 yards and never approaching or allowing a bear to come closer.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Mauigoa gets the local edge in that his play at the University of Miami was seen up close for the past few years.
    Kenny Rosarion, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • With Reigns, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, and Seth Rollins all further along in their careers, there’s a legitimate case that Femi could anchor the next generation of superstars.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • That’s along with the mental side of it.
    Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • While the daily hustle is just beginning for many, evidenced by the amount of foot traffic spotted passing by through the glass windows of the hotel’s restaurant, Jeff Peterson settles in to momentarily enjoy the Hornets’ metamorphosis and enthusiasm engulfing the franchise.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
  • An inning later, Schneider watched four balls fly by once again.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2026

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