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Recent Examples of thereabouts The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts. — 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 In 1636, or thereabouts, Peter Paul Rubens painted an idyllic, autumnal landscape of his vast manor in the Belgian countryside for his own pleasure. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Mar. 2018 Once a month, or thereabouts, chef Juan Rodriguez will create a three- to four-course meal for a limited number of diners at Magdalena’s homebase at 502 Grand Ave. — star-telegram, 7 Dec. 2017 Mid-September to mid-October, or thereabouts, is the prime time to work on fescue lawns in the Piedmont. — Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver, 4 Sep. 2017

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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

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Braves closer Raisel Iglesias first allowed an unearned run in the ninth — a result of his own throwing error — followed by a two-out RBI double from nine-hole hitter Austin Wells.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Cubs closer Jacob Webb picked up the save on 13 pitches in the ninth.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

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Chicago added two runs in the seventh inning when Pete Crow-Armstrong threw his bat at the ball to drive in Swanson, then Seiya Suzuki blooped another single in to bring in the fourth run of the game.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Here’s a look at who’s in, and who hasn’t made a decision yet.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

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