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puts about

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present tense third-person singular of put about

as in comes about

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The news comes about five months after Wiseman and Glover were part of a four-person crew that rode a NASA spacecraft on a 10-day journey toward the moon.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
The transition comes about one year after Stern and Cohen pranked listeners by having Cohen take over the airwaves and imply that Stern was fired and that Howard 100, Stern’s main channel, was now his own.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

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The opening holes may not immediately reveal what awaits, but that changes quickly as the course turns back on itself and descends into a stunning, secluded valley that eventually opens toward the coastline.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
One is watching the threshers, but the other turns back, facing the camera.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

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The 2003 one centered on Wahlberg as Charlie Croker, a master thief who sets out on a revenge mission that involves rounding up his motley team to track down a cache of gold.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
In 1974, Art Carney won the Best Actor Oscar for Paul Mazursky’s Harry & Tonto as a retired New Yorker who sets out on a cross-country journey to visit family with his cat after his building is being torn down.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

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